Lycopodiella appressa

Classification	Pteridophytes
Family	Lycopodiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Lycopodiaceae
Genus	Lycopodiella
Species:	Lycopodiella appressa (Chapm.) Cranfill
Common Name	Southern Bog Clubmoss; Southern Club Moss
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; 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	6
Status	Native; AGCP (OBL), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S1] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Lycopodiella appressa (Chapm.) Cranfill x prostrata

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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
Lycopodium alopecuroides subsp. appressum	Lycopodium alopecuroides subsp. appressum (Chapm.) Clute
Lycopodium alopecuroides var. appressum	Lycopodium alopecuroides var. appressum Chapm.

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), Pulaski (KY), Benton (TN), Franklin (TN), Polk (TN), Warren (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1978 - 2005

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100733854	Calloway	Kentucky		M. Medley	EKY Lycopodiella appressa
31234100019940	Calloway	Kentucky		Landon E. McKinney	EKY Lycopodiella appressa
31234100020005	Franklin	Tennessee	04 Jun 1987	Ronald L. Jones 4860	EKY Lycopodiella appressa
31234100019957	Pulaski	Kentucky		John Richard Abbott	EKY Lycopodiella appressa
31234100194453	Calloway	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Lycopodiella appressa
31234100020013	Warren	Tennessee	13 Sep 1979	Thomas S. Patrick 2521	EKY Lycopodiella appressa
TENN-V-0000018	Benton	Tennessee	05 Oct 2005	Patricia B. Cox, Edward Clebsch 5825	TENN Lycopodiella appressa
TENN-V-0000020	Benton	Tennessee	11 Aug 1978	David H. Webb, Brenda S. Webb. 1273	TENN Lycopodiella appressa
UCHT000078	Polk	Tennessee	24 Sep 1987	Larry Woods	UCHT Lycopodiella appressa
UOS08602	Franklin	Tennessee	15 Nov 1997	H.C. Yeatman	UOS Lycopodiella appressa
MEM012444	Calloway	Kentucky		Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.	MEM Lycopodiella appressa
MEM020074	Calloway	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	MEM Lycopodiella appressa

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