Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana
Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 18: 442. 1983.
Common names: Slender bog club-moss
Basionym: Lycopodium carolinianum Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1104. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Horizontal stems flat in cross section, evergreen, tightly anchored by roots, year's growth 3–12 × 0.9–1.1 cm; leaves 3.5–6 × 1.2–2 mm, facing upward, spreading and appearing 2-ranked, broadly adnate, slightly subulate, median leaves 3.5–4 × 0.3–0.6 mm, nearly erect. Peduncle 1–(2–3), 5–30 cm, leaves 2–3 × 0.3–0.6 mm, in remote appressed pseudowhorls. Strobilus 1.5–9 × 0.3–0.5 mm. 2n = 70, 140.
Habitat: Wet meadows, ditches, pinewoods, and bogs, often with sphagnum moss
Elevation: 0–50 m
Distribution
Ala., Del., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., S.C., Tex., Va., Mexico, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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