Lycophytes: Selaginellales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Bryodesma rupestre
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Bryodesma from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella rupestris
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 004-01-004:
Selaginella rupestris
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
COMMON NAME:
Rock Spikemoss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_seru_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170408_539
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170408_541
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Apical hair-tip of the leaves straight [vs. B. tortipilum twisted-contorted], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm170408_542
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Stems mostly creeping or turned up at the apex, forming mats 1.5-4cm high, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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) 004-01-004:
Selaginella rupestris
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
2376
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Look for it on granitic flatrocks, other, mostly acidic, rock outcrops, occasionally on greenstone or calcareous shales, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like
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 p232
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p378
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p93