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Lycopodiella appressa

(Chapman) Cranfill

Southern Bog Clubmoss

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
UnknownThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.133400
Element CodePPLYC03020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumLycophyta
ClassLycopodiopsida
OrderLycopodiales
FamilyLycopodiaceae
GenusLycopodiella
Synonyms
Lycopodium appressum(Desv.) Petrov
Other Common Names
Lycopode apprimé (FR) Southern Appressed-clubmoss (EN) southern bog clubmoss (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2
Review Date2024-03-27
Change Date1990-03-12
Edition Date2024-03-27
Edition AuthorsSoteropoulos (2024)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank Reasons
Lycopodiella appressa is a wide-ranging perennial subshrub fern ally in wet, sandy habitats including prairies and pine flatwoods in eastern Canada in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and in the eastern, central, and south central United States from Maine west to Michigan and south to Texas and Florida . Threats include development, logging, rights-of-way maintenance activities, recreational activities, mining, and invasive species. Little is known about trends, but with a large range extent and over 400 occurrences this species is considered secure.
Range Extent Comments
Lycopodiella appressa occurs in eastern Canada in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and in the eastern, central, and south central United States from Maine west to Michigan and south to Texas and Florida (Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023). Range extent was estimated to be over 3 million square kilometers using herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data documented between 1993 and 2024 (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, NatureServe 2024, SEINet 2024).
Occurrences Comments
By applying a 1 km separation distance to herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data documented between 1993 and 2024, it is estimated that there are over 400 occurrences rangewide (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, NatureServe 2024, SEINet 2024).
Threat Impact Comments
Although threats are not widely documented, Lycopodiella appressa is threatened by development, conversion to pine plantation, mining and quarrying, succession leading to shading, rights-of-way maintenance activities (powerline, railroad, and roadside), recreational activities, invasive species, and other threats in some places, though there is insufficient data, including anecdotal accounts, to understand scope and severity of threats for this species.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Lycopodiella appressa grows in "pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, seepages, bogs, wet prairies" (Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023) and "lakeshores, marshes, ditches, borrow pits" (FNA 1993).
Terrestrial Habitats
Woodland - ConiferSavannaGrassland/herbaceous
Palustrine Habitats
HERBACEOUS WETLANDBog/fen
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
Nova ScotiaS4Yes
Island of NewfoundlandS2Yes
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
New JerseyS5Yes
AlabamaSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
VermontSHYes
TexasSNRYes
MassachusettsSNRYes
PennsylvaniaS2Yes
MichiganS2Yes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
District of ColumbiaSNRYes
North CarolinaS4Yes
OklahomaS1Yes
MarylandSNRYes
VirginiaS5Yes
ArkansasS3Yes
GeorgiaS5Yes
New HampshireS1Yes
OhioS1Yes
New YorkS2Yes
South CarolinaS4Yes
TennesseeSNRYes
DelawareS3Yes
FloridaS3Yes
MississippiS4Yes
LouisianaSNRYes
West VirginiaS1Yes
MaineS1Yes
KentuckyS1Yes
IllinoisSNRYes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
Unknown/undetermined———

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Plant Characteristics
DurationPERENNIAL
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Florida (2)
AreaForestAcres
Alexander Springs CreekOcala National Forest2,954
Farles PrairieOcala National Forest1,901
References (7)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 1993a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 2. Pteridophytes and gymnosperms. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xvi + 475 pp.
  2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). 2024. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) data portal. Online. Available: https://www.gbif.org/ (accessed 2024).
  3. iNaturalist. 2024. Online. Available: https://www.inaturalist.org (accessed 2024).
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  5. NatureServe. 2024. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia.
  6. Southwest Environmental Information Network (SEINet). 2024. Collections Databases. Online. Available: https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/collections/index.php (accessed 2024).
  7. Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2023. Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of April 14, 2023. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2105 pp.