OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dendrolycopodium obscurum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium obscurum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dendrolycopodium obscurum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lycopodium obscurum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-008a:

Lycopodium obscurum var. obscurum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Lycopodium obscurum

 

COMMON NAME:
Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine


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image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lyob_001_lvd

        

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm110213_612

February    Greenville County    SC

Gateway Elementary School Nature Trail

Erect tree-like stem, branched 4-5x to form fan-like lateral branches, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm110213_613

February    Greenville County    SC

Gateway Elementary School Nature Trail

Strobili 1.5" long, 1-6 per upright branched stem, sessile, borne singly, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm170224_272b

February    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

This plant's upright stems resemble miniature spruce trees, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm140418_205

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm140418_215

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Lvs narrow, lance-shaped, w sharp-pointed tips. All point toward branch end, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm160504_436

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

Shown here next to Diphasiastrum digitatum (Lycopodium digitatum).

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm150712_449

July    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm150712_453

July    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm181024_5343

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Dendrolycopodium obscurum, Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm181024_5344

October    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dendrolycopodium obscurum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium obscurum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dendrolycopodium obscurum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodium obscurum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-008a:
Lycopodium obscurum var. obscurum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium obscurum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

879

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Acidic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - needle-like
Leaves of lateral branches 6-ranked, leaves on branch underside much smaller

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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