Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dendrolycopodium hickeyi
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Jim Fowler's blog explains and illustrates the differences in the various Dendrolycopodium.
Learn more about Pennsylvania Ground-pine from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Read about the ancient and interesting fern allies known as clubmosses from the Prince William Wildflower Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium hickeyi
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dendrolycopodium hickeyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodium hickeyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Lycopodium obscurum var. isophyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-008b:
Lycopodium obscurum var. dendroideum FAMILY Lycopodiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Hickey's Tree-clubmoss, Pennsylvania Ground-pine
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9673b
April Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9673c
April Jackson County NC
Lateral branches appear almost round, vs. D. obscurum's appear flattened, per Jim Fowler's blog.
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Keith Bradley kab_d_obscurum_0764
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Strobilus .3 - 2.5" long, sessile, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dendrolycopodium hickeyi
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium hickeyi
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dendrolycopodium hickeyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lycopodium hickeyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Lycopodium obscurum var. isophyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-008b:
Lycopodium obscurum var. dendroideum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Grassy balds, bog margins, forest openings, acidic ridgetop forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - linear
Leaves of lateral branches 6-ranked, all of equal size
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p28
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p288
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