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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 15 taxa in the family Lycopodiaceae, Clubmoss family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Huperzia lucidula FAMILY: Huperziaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Huperzia lucidula FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium lucidulum 003-01-001 FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Moist forests and ravines
Common in Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Firmoss, Appalachian Fir-clubmoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Huperzia appressa FAMILY: Huperziaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Huperzia appalachiana FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium selago 003-01-002 FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
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)
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rock Clubmoss, Rock Firmoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Huperzia porophila FAMILY: Huperziaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Huperzia porophila FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium porophilum 003-01-003 FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops and cliffs, especially in the spray of waterfalls, at low to medium elevations, usually on sandstone or felsic metamorphic or metaigneous rocks (acidic schists, gneisses, granitic gneisses), and most characteristically on ledges or in crevices in overhung settings along the cliff face where the plants receive little or no direct sunlight
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Bog-clubmoss, Slender Clubmoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Lycopodiella caroliniana var. caroliniana FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium carolinianum 003-01-004 FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, seepages
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of the Carolinas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Bog-clubmoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lycopodiella appressa FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodiella appressa FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium appressum 003-01-005 FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, seepages, bogs, wet prairies
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Foxtail Clubmoss, Foxtail Bog-clubmoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lycopodiella alopecuroides FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodiella alopecuroides FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium alopecuroides 003-01-006 FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, seepages, wet pine flatwoods, wet prairies, bogs, ditches, and other wet, sandy sites
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Featherstem Clubmoss, Prostrate Bog-clubmoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lycopodiella prostrata FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodiella prostrata FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium alopecuroides 003-01-006? FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, seepages, bogs, wet prairies
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of the Carolinas (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Nodding Clubmoss, Staghorn Clubmoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Palhinhaea cernua FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lycopodiella cernua var. cernua FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Wet savannas, ditches and other disturbed moist areas
Uncommon (rare in SC)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lycopodium clavatum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodium clavatum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium clavatum 003-01-007 FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Openings, balds, roadbanks, open forests
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Common Ground-pine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dendrolycopodium obscurum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodium obscurum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium obscurum var. obscurum 003-01-008a FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Acidic forests
Common in Mountains (uncommon in Carolina Piedmnt) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Prickly Tree-clubmoss, Round-branch Clubmoss, Tree Ground-pine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dendrolycopodium dendroideum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodium dendroideum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium obscurum var. dendroideum 003-01-008b FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Openings, grassy balds, high elevation spruce-fir and northern hardwood forests
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Hickey's Tree-clubmoss, Pennsylvania Ground-pine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dendrolycopodium hickeyi FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodium hickeyi FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium obscurum var. dendroideum 003-01-008b FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Grassy balds, bog margins, forest openings, acidic ridgetop forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Spinulum annotinum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodium annotinum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: High elevation hardwood or coniferous forests
Native to Tennessee & northwards (a circumboreal species)
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Common Name:
Blue Ground-cedar, Blue Running-cedar
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Diphasiastrum tristachyum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodium tristachyum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium tristachyum 003-01-009 FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Dry forests, glades, balds, barrens, forest openings
Uncommon in NC-SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Diphasiastrum digitatum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycopodium digitatum FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycopodium flabelliforme 003-01-010 FAMILY: Lycopodiaceae
Habitat: Dry to mesic, usually acid forests and openings, especially common in disturbed sites, such as successional pine forests
Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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