Lycopodiella appressa
Amer. Fern J. 71: 97. 1981.
Common names: Appressed bog club-moss
Basionym: Lycopodium inundatum var. appressum Chapman
Synonyms: Lycopodium appressum (Chapman) F. E. Lloyd & L. UnderwoodLycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii Tuckerman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
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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
N.B., 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
None.