Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lycopodiella prostrata
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Featherstem Clubmoss from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella prostrata
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006?:
Lycopodium alopecuroides
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopodium prostratum
COMMON NAME:
Featherstem Clubmoss, Prostrate Bog Clubmoss
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_l_prostrata2
August Brunswick County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_l_prostrata2b
August Brunswick County NC
Stroboli 4-8cm long and bushy, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_l_prostrata2c
August Brunswick County NC
Sterile lvs spreading on horizontal stems, nearly appressed on erect stems, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lycopodiella prostrata
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella prostrata
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006?:
Lycopodium alopecuroides
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopodium prostratum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont, uncommon in NC-SC)
Look for it in savannas, seepages, 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:
Deciduous
Simple - linear-subulate (dimorphic)
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 p196
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p069