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Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiella

not marked as a favorite taxon 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. North Carolina south to c. Florida and west to Arkansas and e. Texas, with scattered occurrences disjunct inland (as in n. Georgia, n. Alabama, and c. Arkansas).

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, Fl1, FNA2, K1, K4, NS, POWO, TxFerns, WH3; = Lycopodium alopecuroides L. var. pinnatum Chapman — Tx; = Lycopodium inundatum L. var. pinnatum Chapman; = 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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image #1 of Lycopodiella prostrata© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Ohoopee Dunes Wildlife Management Area, Emanuel County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Lycopodiella prostrata© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Powerline Prairie, Paulk's Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Glynn County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Lycopodiella prostrata© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Lycopodiella prostrata© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Ohoopee Dunes Wildlife Management Area, Emanuel County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Lycopodiella prostrata© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Lycopodiella prostrata© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Powerline Prairie, Paulk's Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Glynn County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Lycopodiella prostrata© Alan Cressler: Lycopodiella prostrata, Powerline Prairie, Paulk's Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Glynn County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Lycopodiella prostrata© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷

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