Lycopodiella appressa

(Chapman) Cranfill

Amer. Fern J. 71: 97. 1981.

Common names: Appressed bog club-moss
Illustrated
Basionym: Lycopodium inundatum var. appressum Chapman Bot. Gaz. 3: 20. 1878
Synonyms: Lycopodium appressum (Chapman) F. E. Lloyd & L. Underwood Lycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii Tuckerman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Horizontal stems flat on ground, 15–45 × 0.4–0.6 cm; stems (excluding leaves) thick, 1.5–2 mm wide; leaves monomorphic, appressed, 5–7 × 0.8–1 mm, marginal teeth 0–7 per side. Peduncles 1–7 per plant, 13–40 × 0.3–0.4 cm; strobilus 1/3–1/6 total length; leaves appressed, 3–5.3 × 0.3–0.5 mm, marginal teeth 0–3 per side. Strobili 25–60 × 3–4 mm. Sporophylls appressed, incurved, 3.5–5 × 0.3 mm, marginal teeth absent. 2n = 156.


Habitat: Bogs, lakeshores, marshes, ditches, borrow pits
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., P.E.I., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., West Indies in Cuba.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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(Chapman) Cranfill +
Lycopodium inundatum var. appressum +
Appressed bog club-moss +
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0–100 m +
Bogs, lakeshores, marshes, ditches, borrow pits +
Amer. Fern J. +
Illustrated +
Lycopodium appressum +  and Lycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii +
Lycopodiella appressa +
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