Flora of the Southeastern United States

Lycopodiella alopecuroides (Linnaeus) Cranfill. Common name: Foxtail Bog-clubmoss. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Pine savannas, seepages, wet pine flatwoods, wet prairies, bogs, ditches, and other wet, sandy sites. Distribution: Primarily Southeastern Coastal Plain: se. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and disjunct in the Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia (Morton et al. 2004), the e. Highland Rim of Tennessee, and in Maine (Haines 2001); s. Mexico south through Central America to n. South America; Cuba.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The tropical portions of the distribution may be considered presumptive at this time; for instance, Øllgaard (2012a) elevates two taxa previously treated as varieties of Lycopodiella alopecuroides to species rank.

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Ar, ETx1, Fl1, FNA2, K1, K4, Meso1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, TxFerns, Va, WH3, Haines (2002a); = Lycopodium alopecuroides L. — C, F, G, Md, S13, Sf, Tat, W; = Lycopodium alopecuroides L. var. alopecuroides — Tx; = n/a — GrPl; < Lycopodium alopecuroides L. — RAB. Basionym: Lycopodium alopecuroides L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Lycopodiella alopecuroides - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
• Great Plains: OBL
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 8