Lycopodiaceae
Southern bog clubmoss
Lycopodiella appressa
- Family
- Lycopodiaceae
- Genus
- Lycopodiella
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Southern bog clubmoss, Southern bog-clubmoss
- Hausa
- Tsiren Lycopodiella appressa
Synonyms
- Lycopodiella bigelowii (Tuck.) Holub
- Lycopodium adpressum f. polyclavatum McDonald
- Lycopodium alopecuroides f. appressum (Chapm.) Clute
- Lycopodium alopecuroides f. polyclavatum (McDonald) Clute
- Lycopodium alopecuroides subsp. appressum (Chapm.) Clute
- Lycopodium alopecuroides var. appressum Chapm.
- Lycopodium alopecuroides var. chapmanii Clute
- Lycopodium appressum (Chapm.) F.E.Lloyd & Underw.
- Lycopodium appressum f. polyclavatum McDonald
- Lycopodium chapmanii Underw. ex Maxon
- Lycopodium inundatum f. polyclavatum (McDonald) Fernald
- Lycopodium inundatum var. appressum Chapm.
- Lycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii Tuck.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Elizabeth Axley, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Courtney Alley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.