Lycopodiella prostrata (R.M. Harper) Cranfill. Common name: Featherstem Clubmoss, Prostrate Bog-clubmoss.
All pairwise combinations of sympatric species form fertile hybrids (only L. inundata and L. prostrata are entirely allopatric and not known to hybridize). The following hybrids should be expected where the parents grow together.
Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, seepages, bogs, wet prairies. Distribution: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. NC south to c. FL and west to AR and e. TX, with scattered occurrences disjunct inland (as in n. GA, n. AL, and c. AR).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, Fl1, FNA2, K4, NS, POWO, TxFerns, WH3; = Lycopodium alopecuroides L. var. pinnatum Chapm. — Tx; = Lycopodium inundatum L. var. pinnatum Chapm.; = Lycopodium prostratum R.M.Harper — C, S13, Sf; < Lycopodium alopecuroides L. — RAB. Basionym: Lycopodium prostratum R.M.Harper 1906
Links to other floras: = Lycopodiella prostrata - FNA2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Ohoopee Dunes Wildlife Management Area, Emanuel County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Powerline Prairie, Paulk's Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Glynn County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Ohoopee Dunes Wildlife Management Area, Emanuel County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Powerline Prairie, Paulk's Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Glynn County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Powerline Prairie, Paulk's Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Glynn County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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