NameThatPlant.net: Palhinhaea cernua

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Palhinhaea cernua FAMILY Lycopodiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella cernua var. cernua FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Palhinhaea cernua var. cernua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Palhinhaea cernua

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Palhinhaea cernua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Lycopodiella cernua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Lycopodium cernuum

COMMON NAME:
Nodding Clubmoss, Staghorn Clubmoss

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Palhinhaea cernua FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella cernua var. cernua FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Palhinhaea cernua var. cernua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Palhinhaea cernua

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Palhinhaea cernua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Lycopodiella cernua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium cernuum

2650

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Wet savannas, ditches and other disturbed moist areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple - needle-like
Leaves spirally arranged

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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