Lycopodiella alopecuroides

Classification	Pteridophytes
Family	Lycopodiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Lycopodiaceae
Genus	Lycopodiella
Species:	Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill
Common Name	Foxtail Club Moss; Foxtail Clubmoss
Growth Habit	fern ally
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: fern ally; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: awl-like; Leaf Venation: one-veined; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: strobilus; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	7
Status	Native; AGCP (OBL), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[S2] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill x appressa

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Lepidotis alopecuroides	Lepidotis alopecuroides (L.) Rothm.
Lycopodium alopecuroides	Lycopodium alopecuroides L.
Lycopodium matthewsii	Lycopodium matthewsii Hook.
Plananthus alopecuroides	Plananthus alopecuroides (L.) P. Beauv.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Benton (TN), Coffee (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Henderson (TN), McNairy (TN), Polk (TN), Warren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: EKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 1977

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0000047	McNairy	Tennessee		RE Shanks	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000013	Coffee	Tennessee		Milo Pyne, E.Clebsch	TENN Lycopodiella alopecuroides
UOS08605	Franklin	Tennessee		Mary P. Priestley	UOS Lycopodiella alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000048	Fentress	Tennessee		Nathan H. Woodruff	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
BRIT180731	Coffee	Tennessee		Milo Pyne	VDB Lycopodiella alopecuroides
BRIT180715	Grundy	Tennessee		L. Parrish	VDB Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000045	Fentress	Tennessee		RES, FWW, EHC	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
31234100019916	Coffee	Tennessee		Dwayne Estes	EKY Lycopodiella alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000054	Fentress	Tennessee		RES, FWW, EHC	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000046	Fentress	Tennessee		J. K. U.	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000015	Coffee	Tennessee		Thomas S. Patrick and Milo Guthric	TENN Lycopodiella alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000049	Fentress	Tennessee		J. K. Underwood.	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000055	Fentress	Tennessee		A. J. Sharp	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000043	Henderson	Tennessee		David H. Webb	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000019	Benton	Tennessee		David H. Webb, Eugene Wofford, A. M. Evans	TENN Lycopodiella alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000051	Fentress	Tennessee		A. J. Sharp	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000012	Coffee	Tennessee		Milo Pyne	TENN Lycopodiella alopecuroides
BRIT180730	Coffee	Tennessee		H.K. Svenson	VDB Lycopodium alopecuroides
BRIT180732	Coffee	Tennessee		Milo Pyne	VDB Lycopodiella alopecuroides
UOS08606	Franklin	Tennessee		H.C. Yeatman	UOS Lycopodiella alopecuroides
UOS00148	Franklin	Tennessee		Mary Beth Epps	UOS Lycopodiella alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000014	Coffee	Tennessee		Milo Pyne, S. Patrick	TENN Lycopodiella alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000016	Coffee	Tennessee		R.E. Shanks, E. Clebsch, A.J. Sharp	TENN Lycopodiella alopecuroides
BRIT180727	Coffee	Tennessee		R. Kral	VDB Lycopodiella alopecuroides
BRIT180729	Coffee	Tennessee		Milo Pyne	VDB Lycopodiella alopecuroides
BRIT221450	Calloway	Kentucky	03 Jul 1977	David H. Webb 992a	VDB Lycopodium alopecuroides
MEM003983		Kentucky	28 Aug 1962	Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr. 6237	MEM Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000050	Fentress	Tennessee		A.J. Sharp	TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000010	Coffee	Tennessee		Claude Bailey, Roger McCoy	TENN Lycopodiella alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000017	Warren	Tennessee		Dr. M. Rhinehart	TENN Lycopodiella alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000011	Coffee	Tennessee		Milo Pyne	TENN Lycopodiella alopecuroides
TENN-V-0000467	Calloway	Kentucky			TENN Lycopodium alopecuroides
UCHT000074	Polk	Tennessee		Gene S. Van Horn	UCHT Lycopodiella alopecuroides
BRIT180728	Coffee	Tennessee		Paul Somers	VDB Lycopodium alopecuroides

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