Lycopodiella inundata |
Lycopodiella subappressa |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Lycopodiaceae > Lycopodiella | Lycopodiaceae > Lycopodiella |
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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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