Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Spinulum annotinum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Read about the ancient and interesting fern allies known as clubmosses from the Prince William Wildflower Society.
Stiff Clubmoss has only recently been proven to occur in North Carolina. Read about the discovery in Conservation Gardener.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium annotinum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spinulum annotinum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lycopodium annotinum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Lycopodium annotinum
COMMON NAME:
Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyan2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lyan2_002_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_l_annotinum_78675
August Essex County NY
Whiteface Mountain
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Tom Jones tom_spinulum_1371
October Haywood County NC
Mountains to Sea Trail
Stems resemble a narrow bottlebrush. Leaves 1/3" long, 10-ranked, mostly spreading to reflexed, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Tom Jones tom_spinulum_1372
October Haywood County NC
Mountains to Sea Trail
Leaves rigid, bright to dark green, shiny, evergreen, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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October Haywood County NC
Mountains to Sea Trail
Sporophylls aggregated into strobili (cone-like structures) borne terminally on stem or branches, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Tom Jones tom_spinulum_image0b
October Haywood County NC
Mountains to Sea Trail
Strobili sessile, borne directly above densely leafy portions of upright branches, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Tom Jones tom_spinulum_image1
October Haywood County NC
Mountains to Sea Trail
When the strobili aren’t present this could easily be confused with Huperzia.
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Tom Jones tom_spinulum_image2
October Haywood County NC
Mountains to Sea Trail
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Spinulum annotinum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium annotinum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spinulum annotinum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lycopodium annotinum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Lycopodium annotinum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: High elevation hardwood or coniferous forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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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
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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