Lycopodiella alopecuroides

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Lycopodiella alopecuroides
Lycopodiella alopecuroides Gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Lycopodiophyta – Lycopods
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodiella
Species: L. alopecuroides
Binomial name
Lycopodiella alopecuroides
(L.) Cranfill
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Natural range of Lycopodiella alopecuroides from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: foxtail clubmoss

Synonym: Lycopodium alopecuroides L.

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

L. alopecuroides occurs in moist to wet semi-shaded soils (FSU Herbarium). Typical soil types range from sandy-peaty soils to loamy sand (FSU Herbarium). This species can be found in several native habitats, but also in disturbed areas. Native habitat types include wet pine savanna (Brewer et al 2011), hillside bogs, seasonally inundated meadows, damp grassy palmetto woods, and on the edges of ponds, creeks and titi thickets (FSU Herbarium). It also occurs in disturbed habitat like powerline corridors, roadsides, railways, pine plantations, and borrow pits (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

This species occurs in habitat that is maintained by frequent or annual fire (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Lycopodiella alopecuroides at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Brewer, J. S., D. J. Baker, et al. (2011). "Carnivory in plants as a beneficial trait in wetlands." Aquatic Botany 94: 62-70.

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: F. Almeda, Loran C. Anderson, K. Craddock Burks, A. H. Curtiss, Mary Davis, J. P. Gillespie Robert K. Godfrey, Richard D. Houk, C. Jackson, Michael R. Jenkins, Roy Komarek, R. Kral, O. Lakela, R. Lazor, S. W. Leonard, Sidney McDaniel, John T. Mickel, Leon Neel, James H. Peck, Alan R. Smith, E. Laurence Thurston, L. B. Trott, E.S. Ford, P.L. Redfearn, Jr., Allen G. Shuey, Travis MacClendon, Karen MacClendon, and Floyd Griffith. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Duval, Franklin, Gulf, Hillsborough, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Manatee, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, and Washington. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.