Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Huperzia appressa
FAMILY
Huperziaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Huperzia 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:
Huperzia appalachiana
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Huperzia appalachiana
INCLUDED WITHIN Notes on the Holarctic species of Huperzia (Lycopodiaceae), with emphasis on British Columbia, Canada (Bjork, 2020)
Huperzia selago
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Lycopodium selago var. appressum
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Lycopodium selago var. selago
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-002:
Lycopodium selago FAMILY Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium selago
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Firmoss, Appalachian Fir-clubmoss
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JK Marlow jkm120505_257
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Sporangia in distinct zones of upper stem, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120505_261
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120505_264
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Leaves lanceolate (awl-shaped), ascending to spreading, not toothed, per Weakley's Flora.
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Jim Fowler jaf_happalachiana_01
June Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Jim Fowler jaf_happalachiana_02
June Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves lance-shaped and in tight bushy spirals around the stem, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).
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Jim Fowler jaf_happalachiana_03
June Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Huperzia appressa
FAMILY
Huperziaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Huperzia appalachiana
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Huperzia appalachiana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Notes on the Holarctic species of Huperzia (Lycopodiaceae), with emphasis on British Columbia, Canada (Bjork, 2020)
Huperzia selago
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Lycopodium selago var. appressum
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Lycopodium selago var. selago
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-002:
Lycopodium selago
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium selago
2645
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: rock outcrops at high elevations (very rarely at middle elevations), rarely also in seepage or along banks of small streams at high elevations, and in fens (on hummocks), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - dimorphic, lanceolate or linear
Leaves in tight bushy spirals (no annual constrictions)
FRUIT:
Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p188
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p24
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p306
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p310
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