View source for Huperzia appalachiana

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|accepted_name=Huperzia appalachiana
|accepted_authority=Beitel & Mickel
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Fern J.
|place=82: 42. 1992
|year=1992
}}
|common_names=Mountain fir-moss;lycopode des Appalaches
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Lycopodiaceae;Huperzia;Huperzia appalachiana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lycopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Huperzia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Huperzia appalachiana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shoots </b>erect, determinate, 6–10 cm, clustered to rarely shortly decumbent, decumbent portion to 1 cm; leaves in mature distal portion markedly smaller than leaves in juvenile proximal portion; annual constrictions absent; juvenile growth erect. <b>Leaves</b> ascending to spreading (juvenile portion) or ascending to appressed (mature portion), green to yellow green, not lustrous; leaves in juvenile portion narrowly triangular, 4–6 mm, widest at base; leaves in mature portion narrowly triangular, 2–3.5 mm; margins entire or with occasional papillae; stomates present on both surfaces, numerous (35–60 per 1/2 leaf) on adaxial surface. <b>Gemmiferous</b> branchlets produced throughout mature portion; gemmae 3–4 × 2.5–3.5 mm; lateral leaves 0.5–1 mm wide, narrowly acute. <b>Spores</b> 29–35 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=On damp, acidic, igneous rocks in alpine zone or exposed cliffs and talus slopes elsewhere
|elevation=800–2300 m, lower (600–1200 m) along coast of Atlantic Ocean and Lake Superior
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ga.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;possibly Europe.
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name=Huperzia appalachiana
|authority=Beitel & Mickel
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Lycopodiaceae
|illustrator=Bobbi Angell
|habitat=On damp, acidic, igneous rocks in alpine zone or exposed cliffs and talus slopes elsewhere
|elevation=800–2300 m, lower (600–1200 m) along coast of Atlantic Ocean and Lake Superior
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ga.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;possibly Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. Fern J.
|publication year=1992
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V2/V2_518.xml
|genus=Huperzia
|species=Huperzia appalachiana
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