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Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Spinulum annotinum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium annotinum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Spinulum annotinum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lycopodium annotinum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Lycopodium annotinum

 

COMMON NAME:
Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss


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image of Spinulum annotinum, Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lyan2_001_lvd

        

image of Spinulum annotinum, Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_lyan2_002_lvd

        

image of Spinulum annotinum, Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss

Keith Bradley    kab_l_annotinum_78675

August    Essex County    NY

Whiteface Mountain

image of Spinulum annotinum, Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss

Tom Jones    tom_spinulum_1371

October    Haywood County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

Stems resemble a narrow bottlebrush. Leaves 1/3" long, 10-ranked, mostly spreading to reflexed, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Spinulum annotinum, Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss

Tom Jones    tom_spinulum_1372

October    Haywood County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

Leaves rigid, bright to dark green, shiny, evergreen, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Spinulum annotinum, Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss

Tom Jones    tom_spinulum_image0

October    Haywood County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

Sporophylls aggregated into strobili (cone-like structures) borne terminally on stem or branches, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Spinulum annotinum, Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss

Tom Jones    tom_spinulum_image0b

October    Haywood County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

Strobili sessile, borne directly above densely leafy portions of upright branches, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Spinulum annotinum, Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss

Tom Jones    tom_spinulum_image1

October    Haywood County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

When the strobili aren’t present this could easily be confused with Huperzia.

image of Spinulum annotinum, Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss

Tom Jones    tom_spinulum_image2

October    Haywood County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Spinulum annotinum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium annotinum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spinulum annotinum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lycopodium annotinum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Lycopodium annotinum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3990

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: High elevation hardwood or coniferous forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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