Flora of North America species comparison

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Lycopodiella appressa

appressed bog club-moss, southern bog-clubmoss
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.

Lycopodiella appressa
Habitat Bogs, lakeshores, marshes, ditches, borrow pits
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; CT; DE; FL; GA; IL; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MO; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; NB; NF; NS; PE; West Indies in Cuba
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Source FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Lycopodiaceae > Lycopodiella
Sibling taxa
L. alopecuroides, L. inundata, L. margueritae, L. prostrata, L. subappressa
Synonyms Lycopodium inundatum var. appressum, Lycopodium appressum, Lycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii
Name authority (Chapman) Cranfill: Amer. Fern J. 71: 97. (1981)
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