1356

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common

Look for it in seepages, bogs, on spray cliffs, stream margins, wet meadows, marsh edges, wet spots in lawns, other moist habitats, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves 4-ranked, upper and lower ranks smaller than lateral

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p218
• The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p076
• Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p374

Lycophytes: Selaginellales

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 (1968) 004-01-001:
Selaginella apoda   FAMILY Selaginellaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Diplostachyum apodum