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Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring
northern selaginella

       
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Line Drawing of Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 49. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring

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Synonyms:
Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring

  LYRU3 Lycopodium rupestre L.
 

Distribution:
Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK), DEN (GL)
 

Related Taxa:
Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring

View 1 genera in Selaginellaceae, 56 species in Selaginella
 

Classification:
Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Lycopodiophyta – Lycopods
Class Lycopodiopsida
Order Selaginellales
Family Selaginellaceae – Spike-moss family
Genus Selaginella P. Beauv. – spikemoss
Species Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring – northern selaginella
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
ledge spike-moss              Threatened
Ohio:
rock spikemoss              Presumed Extirpated
 

More Accounts and Images:
Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17091.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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