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Your search found 4 taxa in the family Selaginellaceae, Spikemoss family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Meadow Spikemoss
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Lycopodioides apodum FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Selaginella apoda FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Selaginella apoda 004-01-001 FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
Look for it in seepages, bogs, on spray cliffs, stream margins, wet meadows, marsh edges, wet spots in lawns, other moist habitats
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Louisiana Spikemoss, Gulf Spikemoss
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Lycopodioides ludovicianum FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Selaginella ludoviciana FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
Look for it in swamp margins, wet meadows
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Twisted-hair Spikemoss
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Bryodesma tortipilum FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Selaginella tortipila FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Selaginella tortipila 004-01-003 FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
Look for it on rock outcrops, mostly at high elevations
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont), endemic to Southern Appalachians of GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rock Spikemoss
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Bryodesma rupestre FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Selaginella rupestris FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Selaginella rupestris 004-01-004 FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
Look for it on granitic flatrocks, other, mostly acidic, rock outcrops, occasionally on greenstone or calcareous shales
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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