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bog club-moss, inundated bog club-moss, inundated clubmoss, lycopodielle inondé, marsh clubmoss, northern bog club-moss, northern marsh clubmoss

northern appressed club-moss, northern bog clubmoss

Horizontal stems

flat on ground, 3–12 × 0.5–0.9 cm;

stems (excluding leaves) slender, 0.5–0.9 mm diam.;

leaves monomorphic, spreading, upcurved, 5–6 × 0.5–0.7 mm, margins entire.

flat on ground, 4–17 × 0.3–0.8 cm, stems (excluding leaves) thick, 1–1.5 mm diam.;

leaves monomorphic, vertically ascending, further ascending when dry, 4–6 × 0.8–1 mm, marginal teeth absent.

Upright shoots

1, 9–13 × 0.4–0.5 cm;

strobilus 1/5–1/3(–1/2) total length;

leaves strongly appressed, 3.5–6 × 0.3–0.8 mm, marginal teeth absent.

Peduncles

1(–2) per plant, 3.5–6 × 0.4–0.7 cm;

strobilus length 1/2–1/3 total height;

leaves spreading, 5–6 × 0.5–0.8 mm, margins rarely toothed.

Strobili

10–20 × 2.5–5.5 mm.

20–40 × 4–8 mm.

Sporophylls

spreading to spreading-ascending, 4.5–5 × 0.5–0.9 mm, margins rarely toothed.

appressed, 3–4 × 0.2–0.5 mm, marginal teeth absent.

2n

= 156.

= 312.

Lycopodiella inundata

Lycopodiella subappressa

Habitat Bogs, lakeshores, marshes, lichens, borrow pits Wet, acidic ditches and borrow pits
Elevation 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) 0–200 m (0–700 ft)
Distribution
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AK; CA; CT; ID; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MT; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; AB; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; SPM; Eurasia
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Discussion

The distinctive Lycopodiella subappressa and L. margueritae are sexual polyploids. The full geographic distribution of L. subappressa is still unknown.

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 2. FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Lycopodiaceae > Lycopodiella Lycopodiaceae > Lycopodiella
Sibling taxa
L. alopecuroides, L. appressa, L. margueritae, L. prostrata, L. subappressa
L. alopecuroides, L. appressa, L. inundata, L. margueritae, L. prostrata
Synonyms Lycopodium inundatum
Name authority (Linnaeus) Holub: Preslia 36: 21. (1964) J. G. Bruce: W. H. Wagner, & Beitel, Michigan Bot. 30: 4. (1991)
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