Lycophytes: Selaginellales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bryodesma rupestre
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Bryodesma from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella rupestris
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Selaginella rupestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 004-01-004:
Selaginella rupestris FAMILY Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Selaginella rupestris
COMMON NAME:
Rock Spikemoss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_seru_001_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn03_s_rupestris_close
January
Apical hair-tip of the leaves straight [vs. B. tortipilum twisted-contorted], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm170408_539
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Its stems have a low creeping aspect, similar to the mosses with which it often grows, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).
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JK Marlow jkm170408_541
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170408_542
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Stems mostly creeping or turned up at the apex, forming mats 1.5-4cm high, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Gill Newberry gn03_s_rupestris_cones
May
The overlapping lvs are small, narrow & gray-green w white terminal bristles and marginal hairs, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bryodesma rupestre
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella rupestris
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Selaginella rupestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 004-01-004:
Selaginella rupestris
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Selaginella rupestris
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Granite flatrocks, other, mostly acidic, rock outcrops, occasionally on greenstone or calcareous shales, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - scale-like
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) p232
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p089
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p378
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p93