NameThatPlant.net: Lycopodiella alopecuroides

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella alopecuroides FAMILY Lycopodiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Foxtail Clubmoss from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.

Read about the ancient and interesting fern allies known as clubmosses from the Prince William Wildflower Society.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella alopecuroides FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006:

Lycopodium alopecuroides FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Foxtail Clubmoss, Foxtail Bog-clubmoss

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella alopecuroides FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella alopecuroides FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006:
Lycopodium alopecuroides FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, seepages, wet pine flatwoods, wet prairies, bogs, ditches, and other wet, sandy sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Usually deciduous, sometimes somewhat evergreen
Simple - linear-subulate (all alike)
Leaves spreading to ascending

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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