OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella prostrata   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

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

Lycopodiella prostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lycopodiella prostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Lycopodiella prostrata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006?:

Lycopodium alopecuroides   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

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

Lycopodium prostratum

 

COMMON NAME:
Featherstem Clubmoss, Prostrate Bog-clubmoss


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image of Lycopodiella prostrata, Featherstem Clubmoss, Prostrate Bog-clubmoss

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_l_prostrata2

August    Brunswick County    NC

image of Lycopodiella prostrata, Featherstem Clubmoss, Prostrate Bog-clubmoss

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_l_prostrata2b

August    Brunswick County    NC

Stroboli 4-8cm long and bushy, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Lycopodiella prostrata, Featherstem Clubmoss, Prostrate Bog-clubmoss

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_l_prostrata2c

August    Brunswick County    NC

Sterile lvs spreading on horizontal stems, nearly appressed on erect stems, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella prostrata   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodiella prostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lycopodiella prostrata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006?:
Lycopodium alopecuroides   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2649

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, seepages, bogs, wet prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of the Carolinas (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple - linear-subulate (dimorphic)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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