Plant Directory / Lycopodiaceae / Lycopodiella

Appressed Bog Clubmoss

Lycopodiella appressa

Native to Florida

At a glance

Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodiella
Status: Native to Florida
Conservation: Vulnerable in Florida (S3?)
Sightings: 273 verified in Florida
Also called: Southern Clubmoss
Formerly: Lycopodium bigelowii, Lycopodium appressum, Lycopodium chapmanii

About

Lycopodiella appressa, commonly known as southern bog clubmoss, is a species of clubmoss. It is native to

eastern North America, including Cuba and the West Indies. In the United States, it is primarily found on the Coastal Plain.

Its natural habitat is open wet areas, such as bogs, seeps, and pond shores.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Lycopodiella appressa”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it grows in Florida

Panhandle North Central SouthKeys

Panhandle: Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton, Washington
North: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Flagler, Levy, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns
Central: Brevard, Citrus, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Pinellas, Polk, St. Lucie, Sarasota, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia
South: Charlotte, Collier, Lee, Martin, Palm Beach

44 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.