Lycopodiella caroliniana (L.) Pic.Serm.

Slender clubmoss (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Lycopodiales > Lycopodiaceae > Lycopodielloideae > Lycopodiella

Characteristics

Plants of marshes or wetlands. Aerial shoots creeping, 10-30 cm, forked, 2-5 mm in diam., stem together with leaves 7-12 mm wide. Leaves spirally arranged, sparser on creeping side of stem, dense, ascending, yellowish green, not lustrous, lanceolate, slightly bent at base, 5-10 × 1-2 mm, papery, both surfaces crimped, midrib indistinct, base not narrowed, decurrent, sessile, margin entire, apex acuminate. Peduncles solitary, erect, 8-15 cm tall, 10-15 mm wide; bracts sparse, subulate to lanceolate, obviously smaller than leaves of creeping stems, 3-5 × ca. 1 mm, papery, margin entire, apex acuminate, with long acute tip; strobilus yellow, terete, 2.5-5 cm, 3-4 mm in diam. (excluding sporophylls); sporophylls monomorphic, yellow, broadly ovate, imbricate, 4-5 mm, 2-2.5 mm wide at base, leathery, margin membranous, with irregular blunt teeth, apex acute, caudate. Sporangia enclosed, reniform, ca. 1.2 mm in diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.15
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

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Uses social use
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Images

Lycopodiella caroliniana unspecified picture
Lycopodiella caroliniana unspecified picture

Distribution

Lycopodiella caroliniana world distribution map, present in China, Cuba, Japan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146931-2
WFO ID wfo-0001119162
COL ID 3WMBC
BDTFX ID 38581
INPN ID 706504
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Synonyms

Lepidotis inundata Lepidotis caroliniana Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana Lycopodiella caroliniana Lycopodium carolinianum Lycopodium tuberosum Lycopodium carolinianum var. longepedunculatum

Lower taxons

Lycopodiella caroliniana var. mesetarum