Lycopodiella alopecuroides
Amer. Fern J. 71: 97. 1981.
Common names: Foxtail bog club-moss
Basionym: Lycopodium alopecuroides Linnaeus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
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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
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.