Lycopodiella alopecuroides

(Linnaeus) Cranfill

Amer. Fern J. 71: 97. 1981.

Common names: Foxtail bog club-moss
Illustrated
Basionym: Lycopodium alopecuroides Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1102. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Horizontal stems strongly arching, 5–40 × 0.8–1.1 cm, rooting at tip; stems (excluding leaves) 2–4 mm diam.; leaves monomorphic, spreading to ascending, 5–7 × 0.5–0.7 mm, marginal teeth 1–7 per side. Peduncles 1–3 per plant, 6–30 × 0.2–0.3 cm; strobilus 1/3–1/7 total length; leaves spreading to ascending, 6–7 × 0.3–0.5 mm, marginal teeth 1–10 per side. Strobili 20–60 × 12–20 mm. Sporophylls wide-spreading, 6–7 × 0.5–0.9 mm, marginal teeth 1–5 per side in proximal 1/2. 2n = 156.


Habitat: Bogs, marshes, ditches, borrow pits
Elevation: 0–600 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tex., Va., West Indies in Cuba.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Joseph M. Beitel +
(Linnaeus) Cranfill +
Lycopodium alopecuroides +
Foxtail bog club-moss +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and West Indies in Cuba. +
0–600 m +
Bogs, marshes, ditches, borrow pits +
Amer. Fern J. +
Illustrated +
Lycopodiella alopecuroides +
Lycopodiella +
species +