Lycopodiella prostrata

(R. M. Harper) Cranfill

Amer. Fern J. 71: 97. 1981.

Common names: Prostrate bog club-moss
Endemic
Basionym: Lycopodium prostratum R. M. Harper Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 229. 1906
Synonyms: Lycopodium inundatum var. pinnatum Chapman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Horizontal stems flat on ground, 10–45 × 1.2–1.9 cm; stems (excluding leaves) 1–1.5 mm diam.; leaves dimorphic, upperside leaves smaller, 4–5 × 0.4–0.6 mm, ascending; lateral leaves horizontal, perpendicular to stem to slightly reflexed, 7–8 × 0.7–1.8 mm, marginal teeth 1–10 per side, mostly in proximal 1/2, with many basal teeth. Peduncles 1(–2) per plant, 18–35 × 0.5–0.9 cm; strobilus 1/4–1/10 total length; leaves appressed to ascending, 5–8 × 0.3–0.6 mm, marginal teeth 1–4 per side. Strobili 50–80 × 15–19 mm. Sporophylls spreading to somewhat ascending (sometimes reflexed at maturity), 7–9 × 0.3–0.5 cm, marginal teeth 1–5 per side. 2n = 156.


Habitat: Roadside ditches, wet pine barrens
Elevation: 0–50 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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