Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana

(Linnaeus) Holub

Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 18: 442. 1983.

Common names: Slender bog club-moss
Basionym: Lycopodium carolinianum Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1104. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Horizontal stems flat in cross section, evergreen, tightly anchored by roots, year's growth 3–12 × 0.9–1.1 cm; leaves 3.5–6 × 1.2–2 mm, facing upward, spreading and appearing 2-ranked, broadly adnate, slightly subulate, median leaves 3.5–4 × 0.3–0.6 mm, nearly erect. Peduncle 1–(2–3), 5–30 cm, leaves 2–3 × 0.3–0.6 mm, in remote appressed pseudowhorls. Strobilus 1.5–9 × 0.3–0.5 mm. 2n = 70, 140.


Habitat: Wet meadows, ditches, pinewoods, and bogs, often with sphagnum moss
Elevation: 0–50 m

Distribution

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Ala., Del., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., S.C., Tex., Va., Mexico, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Joseph M. Beitel +
(Linnaeus) Holub +
Lycopodium carolinianum +
Slender bog club-moss +
Ala. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Mexico +, Central America +, South America +, Asia +  and Africa. +
0–50 m +
Wet meadows, ditches, pinewoods, and bogs, often with sphagnum moss +
Folia Geobot. Phytotax. +
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana +
Pseudolycopodiella +
species +