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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

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p202
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p072
Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p326

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.