Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Huperzia lucidula
FAMILY
Huperziaceae
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Learn more about Shining Clubmoss from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Huperzia lucidula
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Huperzia lucidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-001:
Lycopodium lucidulum FAMILY Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium lucidulum
COMMON NAME:
Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hulu2_005_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lylu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120211_028
February Spartanburg County SC
Conspicuous annual constrictions give stem a slightly ragged profile, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm090321_249
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves lance-shaped and in tight bushy spirals around the stem, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150322_872b
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Mature plants w bands of fertile leaves, a single sporangia per leaf base, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150322_876
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Largest leaves broadest at or above middle, w distinctively toothed edges, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm180310_0528b
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Sporophylls shorter, narrower, and less serrate than sterile leaves, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0467
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0476
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220617_8603
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0507o_15
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Keith Bradley kab_h_lucidula_78773
August Hamilton County NY
Adirondack State Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1520
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sterile leaves lance-shaped, broadened and serrate above middle, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Huperzia lucidula
FAMILY
Huperziaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Huperzia lucidula
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Huperzia lucidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-001:
Lycopodium lucidulum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium lucidulum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests and ravines, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - oblanceolate
Leaves in tight bushy spirals; annual constrictions make stems appear undulating
FRUIT:
Summer
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) p186
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p059
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p23
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p308