2649

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

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...Wet

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

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lycopodiella prostrata   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella prostrata   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 003-01-006?:
Lycopodium alopecuroides   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lycopodium prostratum