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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in GA (rare in NC-SC)

Look for it in savannas, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple - leaves of horizontal stems linear-lanceolate to almost subulate
Larger leaves of horizontal stems held horizontal, appearing 2-ranked

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

GREATER THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella caroliniana var. caroliniana FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 003-01-004:
Lycopodium carolinianum FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Bog Clubmoss, Slender Clubmoss

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picture of Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana, image of Lycopodiella caroliniana var. caroliniana, photograph of Lycopodium carolinianum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyca3_001_lvd

Jim Fowler jaf_pcarolini

August Brunswick County NC

Green Swamp

The larger leaves of horizontal stems appear 2-ranked & are held horizontal, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

Jim Fowler jaf_pcaroli_1

October Brunswick County NC

Green Swamp

Strobilus solitary at end of a nearly naked upright stem, w only tiny lvs, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.