Lycophytes: Selaginellales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Selaginella ludoviciana
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella ludoviciana
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Selaginella ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Selaginella apoda var. ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Selaginella ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Selaginella ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Diplostachyum ludovicianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Lycopodioides ludovicianum
COMMON NAME:
Louisiana Spikemoss, Gulf Spikemoss
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Lateral leaves of the main stem ovate, margins dentate-serrate, hyaline, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Selaginella ludoviciana
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella ludoviciana
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Selaginella ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Selaginella apoda var. ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Selaginella ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Selaginella ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Diplostachyum ludovicianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Lycopodioides ludovicianum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: limestone outcrops, ravine slopes, calcareous swamps, seeps, and hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves 4-ranked, upper and lower ranks smaller than lateral
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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p220
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p095
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