OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Huperzia lucidula   FAMILY Huperziaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Huperzia lucidula   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Huperzia lucidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-001:

Lycopodium lucidulum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Lycopodium lucidulum

 

COMMON NAME:
Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss


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image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hulu2_005_lvd

        

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lylu_001_lvd

        

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm120211_028

February    Spartanburg County    SC

Conspicuous annual constrictions give stem a slightly ragged profile, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm090321_249

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Leaves lance-shaped and in tight bushy spirals around the stem, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm150322_872b

March    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Mature plants w bands of fertile leaves, a single sporangia per leaf base, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm150322_876

March    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Largest leaves broadest at or above middle, w distinctively toothed edges, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm180310_0528b

March    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Sporophylls shorter, narrower, and less serrate than sterile leaves, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm210516_0467

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm210516_0476

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm220617_8603

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm0507o_15

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

Keith Bradley    kab_h_lucidula_78773

August    Hamilton County    NY

Adirondack State Park

image of Huperzia lucidula, Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss

JK Marlow    jkm190914_1520

September    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Sterile leaves lance-shaped, broadened and serrate above middle, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Huperzia lucidula   FAMILY Huperziaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Huperzia lucidula   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Huperzia lucidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-001:
Lycopodium lucidulum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium lucidulum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

878

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests and ravines, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - oblanceolate
Leaves in tight bushy spirals; annual constrictions make stems appear undulating

FRUIT:
Summer

 

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