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Lycopodiaceae (clubmoss) | |
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Shining Clubmoss (Huperzia lucidula), (Lycopodium lucidulum) Watauga Co., NC 27 July 2006 Recently, the genus Lycopodium has been split into several genera. Shining Clubmoss is found in moist forests in the NC mountains and piedmont. |
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Shining Clubmoss (Huperzia lucidula), (Lycopodium lucidulum) Watauga Co., NC 27 July 2006 Shining Clubmoss has shiny leaves with a few teeth near the leaftips. |
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Common Ground-pine (Dendrolycopodium obscurum) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012 Statewide but common only in the mountains in North Carolina, Common Ground-pine grows in forests with acidic soils. |
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Common Ground-pine (Dendrolycopodium obscurum) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012 Formerly classified as Lycopodium obscurum. |
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Common Ground-pine (Dendrolycopodium obscurum) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012 |
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Common Ground-pine (Dendrolycopodium obscurum) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012 |
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Common Ground-pine (Dendrolycopodium obscurum) Watauga Co., NC 22 July 2006 |
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Common Ground-pine (Dendrolycopodium obscurum) Watauga Co., NC 22 July 2006 |
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Fan Clubmoss, Runningcedar, Groundpine (Lycopodium digitatum, Diphasiastrum digitatum, Lycopodium flabelliforme, L. complanatum var. flabelliforme) Alamance Co., NC 9 July 2006 As you can see, this the classification of this taxon is unsettled. It grows statewide and is common in openings in various forested habitats. |
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Foxtail Clubmoss (Lycopodiella alopecuroides) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Common in the NC coastal plain (rare elsewhere), Foxtail Clubmoss grows in wet, sandy soils like those found in pine savannahs. |
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Foxtail Clubmoss (Lycopodiella alopecuroides) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Note the ciliate leaf margins on the sterile leaves. |
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Foxtail Clubmoss (Lycopodiella alopecuroides) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Foxtail Clubmoss has both prostrate stems and erect stems. |
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Lycopodiella sp. Craven Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 The creeping branches of this clubmoss are very flattened. |
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Slender Clubmoss, Slender False Bog-Clubmoss (Pseudolycopodiella carolinianum) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
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Slender Clubmoss, Slender False Bog-Clubmoss (Pseudolycopodiella carolinianum) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
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Slender Clubmoss, Slender False Bog-Clubmoss (Pseudolycopodiella carolinianum) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
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Slender Clubmoss, Slender False Bog-Clubmoss (Pseudolycopodiella carolinianum) Pine savanna in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
Selaginellaceae > Selaginella (spikemoss) | |
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Spiny Spikemoss, Sand Spikemoss (Selaginella acanthonota) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 Uncommon in NC, Spiny Spikemoss grows in dry sandy habitats in the coastal plain. |
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Spiny Spikemoss, Sand Spikemoss (Selaginella acanthonota) New Hanover Co., NC 23 Sep 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
Created on ... August 23, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com