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, years 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

None.
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 +
photosynthetic +
lobed +  and tuber--shaped +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.9cm;1.1cm +
Wet meadows, ditches, pinewoods, and bogs, often with sphagnum moss +
pseudomonopodial +, dichotomous +, branching +, branched +  and simple +
flat +  and round +
scattered +  and not imbricate +
remote;dense +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
erect;spreading +
needlelike +  and lanceolate +
minute +
trimorphic +  and uniform +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
aerial +  and subterranean +
naked +  and leafy +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +  and 30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (?) +
Folia Geobot. Phytotax. +
distinct +
emerging +
naked +  and not branched +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
plectostelic +  and actino +
axillary +  and adaxial +
thick-walled +  and trilete +
protostelic +
evergreen +
subterranean +
stalked +  and sessile +
modified +  and unmodified +
photosynthetic +
differentiated +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
small-grooved +
subterranean +
reticulate +, rugulate +  and pitted +
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana +
Pseudolycopodiella +
species +