Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Foxtail Clubmoss from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Read about the ancient and interesting fern allies known as clubmosses from the Prince William Wildflower Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006:
Lycopodium alopecuroides FAMILY Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium alopecuroides
COMMON NAME:
Foxtail Clubmoss, Foxtail Bog-clubmoss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyal2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm091017_117
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
Stems arching and rooting at tips, or procumbent and rooting throughout, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm091017_123
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
Stroboli bushlike, on upright stalks arising from stem's upper surface, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Sharleen Johnson shj_1582024502230977
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006:
Lycopodium alopecuroides
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium alopecuroides
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, seepages, wet pine flatwoods, wet prairies, bogs, ditches, and other wet, sandy sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Usually deciduous, sometimes somewhat evergreen
Simple - linear-subulate (all alike)
Leaves spreading to ascending
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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p190
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p065
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p077
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p269
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p392
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p314
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