Bryodesma arenicola (Underw.) Soják

Sand Spikemoss

Herb

Perennial

Vascular

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<p><strong>Sand Spikemoss&nbsp;</strong>[<em>Bryodesma</em><em>&nbsp;arenicola</em><strong>&nbsp;</strong>(Underwood) Soj&aacute;k]&nbsp;is one member of a complex of closely related taxa also including&nbsp;<strong>Riddell's Spikemoss </strong>[<em>B.</em>&nbsp;<em>corallinum</em><strong><em>&nbsp;</em></strong>(Riddell) Weakley] and&nbsp;<strong>Spiny Spikemoss</strong>&nbsp;[<em>B. acanthonota</em>&nbsp;(Underwood) &Scaron;koda], a taxon not known from the Alabama flora.&nbsp; The complex ranges from North Carolina to Texas and members have been treated differently by various authors. Specimens in south Alabama seem seem to be identifiable with <em>B. arenciola</em> but some may be intermediates between <em>B.</em> <em>arenicola </em>and&nbsp;<em>B. acanthonota, </em>a common phenomenon documented by Tryon (1955) between those two taxa in Georgia and Florida.--B.R. Keener</p>

Native

Tryon, R.M. 1955. Selaginella rupestris and its allies. Annals of the Missouri Bot. Gard. 42(1): 1-99.