Lycopodiella appressa

(Chapman) Cranfill

Amer. Fern J. 71: 97. 1981.

Common names: Appressed bog club-moss
Illustrated
Basionym: Lycopodium inundatum var. appressum Chapman Bot. Gaz. 3: 20. 1878
Synonyms: Lycopodium appressum (Chapman) F. E. Lloyd & L. Underwood Lycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii Tuckerman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Horizontal stems flat on ground, 15–45 × 0.4–0.6 cm; stems (excluding leaves) thick, 1.5–2 mm wide; leaves monomorphic, appressed, 5–7 × 0.8–1 mm, marginal teeth 0–7 per side. Peduncles 1–7 per plant, 13–40 × 0.3–0.4 cm; strobilus 1/3–1/6 total length; leaves appressed, 3–5.3 × 0.3–0.5 mm, marginal teeth 0–3 per side. Strobili 25–60 × 3–4 mm. Sporophylls appressed, incurved, 3.5–5 × 0.3 mm, marginal teeth absent. 2n = 156.


Habitat: Bogs, lakeshores, marshes, ditches, borrow pits
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., P.E.I., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., West Indies in Cuba

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Lycopodiella appressa"
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Joseph M. Beitel +
(Chapman) Cranfill +
Lycopodium inundatum var. appressum +
Appressed bog club-moss +
N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, P.E.I. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and West Indies in Cuba +
0–100 m +
photosynthetic +
pincushion--shaped +
Bogs, lakeshores, marshes, ditches, borrow pits +
pseudomonopodial +, dichotomous +, branching +, branched +  and simple +
flat +  and round +
monomorphic +
not imbricate +
remote;dense +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.53 cm5.3 mm <br />0.0053 m <br />) +
spreading;ascending;spreading;ascending +
linear-lanceolate +
trimorphic +  and uniform +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
aerial +  and subterranean +
13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
not differentiated +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Amer. Fern J. +
distinct +
emerging +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
plectostelic +  and actino +
axillary +  and adaxial +
thick-walled +  and trilete +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
protostelic +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
1.5mm;2mm +
subterranean +
stalked +  and sessile +
modified +  and unmodified +
photosynthetic +
differentiated +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
small-grooved +
subterranean +
reticulate +, rugulate +  and pitted +
Lycopodium appressum +  and Lycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii +
Lycopodiella appressa +
Lycopodiella +
species +
blunt +  and more or less acute +