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Your search found 4 taxa in the family Selaginellaceae, Spikemoss family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Meadow Spikemoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Selaginella apoda FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Selaginella apoda FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Selaginella apoda 004-01-001 FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
Habitat: Seepages, bogs, spray cliffs, stream margins, wet meadows, marsh edges, wet spots in lawns, other moist habitats
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Louisiana Spikemoss, Gulf Spikemoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Selaginella ludoviciana FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Selaginella ludoviciana FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
Habitat: Limestone outcrops, ravine slopes, calcareous swamps, seeps, and hammocks
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Twisted-hair Spikemoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Bryodesma tortipilum FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Selaginella tortipila FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Selaginella tortipila 004-01-003 FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops, granite domes, especially at high elevations (but to 300 feet elevation in the Piedmont)
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rock Spikemoss
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Bryodesma rupestre FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Selaginella rupestris FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Selaginella rupestris 004-01-004 FAMILY: Selaginellaceae
Habitat: Granite flatrocks, other, mostly acidic, rock outcrops, occasionally on greenstone or calcareous shales
Common in Mountains & GA Piedmont, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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