Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Palhinhaea cernua
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella cernua var. cernua
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Palhinhaea cernua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopodium cernuum
COMMON NAME:
Nodding Clubmoss, Staghorn Clubmoss
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Palhinhaea cernua
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella cernua var. cernua
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Palhinhaea cernua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopodium cernuum
2650
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia?
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon (rare in SC)
Look for it in wet savannas, ditches and other disturbed moist areas, 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 - needle-like
Leaves spirally arranged
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 p204
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p071