Checklist of lycophytes
that grow without cultivation on Mount Desert Island

 (compiled by the Champlain Project)


Below is a working checklist of Mount Desert Island's lycophytes. Please send corrections and updates to info@vfthomas.com. Photographs are welcome. Thank you.





Family Genus Specific Epithet authority Sub-specific Epithet authority common name or hybrid formula Sources (full citations given after this table)
Huperziaceae Huperzia appressa (Desv.) A. & D. Love     mountain firmoss Greene et al. (2005)
Huperziaceae Huperzia x protoporophila A. Haines     H. appressa x H. lucidula Haines (2003)
Isoetaceae Isoetes acadiensis Kott     Acadian quillwort Greene et al. (2005)
Isoetaceae Isoetes echinospora Durieu ssp. muricata (Durieu) A. & D. Love spiny-spored quillwort Greene et al. (2005)
Isoetaceae Isoetes x harveyi A. A. Eat.     I. lacustris x I. tuckermanii Greene et al. (2005)
Isoetaceae Isoetes lacustris L.     lake quillwort Greene et al. (2005)
Isoetaceae Isoetes prototypus D. M. Britt.     prototype quillwort Greene et al. (2005)
Isoetaceae Isoetes tuckermanii A. Braun ex Engelm.     Tuckerman's quillwort Greene et al. (2005)
Lycopodiaceae Dendrolycopodium dendroideum (Michx.) A. Haines     prickly tree clubmoss Greene et al. (2005)
Lycopodiaceae Dendrolycopodium obscurum (L.) A. Haines     flat-branched tree clubmoss Haines (2003)
Lycopodiaceae Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Pursh) Holub     blue ground-cedar Greene et al. (2005)
Lycopodiaceae Lycopodiella x gilmanii A. Haines     L. appressa x L. inundata Greene et al. (2005)
Lycopodiaceae Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub     northern bog clubmoss Greene et al. (2005)
Lycopodiaceae Lycopodium clavatum L.     common clubmoss Greene et al. (2005)
Lycopodiaceae Lycopodium lagopus (Laestad. ex Hartm.) G. Zinserling ex Kuzeneva-Prochorova     one-cone clubmoss Greene et al. (2005)
Lycopodiaceae Spinulum annotinum (L.) A. Haines     interrupted clubmoss Greene et al. (2005)
Selaginellaceae Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring     rock spikemoss Greene et al. (2005)


Sources:
   Greene, Craig W., Linda L. Gregory, Glen H. Mittelhauser, Sally C. Rooney, and Jill E. Weber. 2005. Vascular Flora of the Acadia National Park Region. Rhodora 107(930):117-185. [Note: Greene et al. included nine islands near Mount Desert Island in their "MDI unit". Thus, it will be necessary for the Champlain Project to verify the presence of each of the above species on Mount Desert Island itself.]

   Haines, Arthur. 2003. The Families Huperziaceae and Lycopodiaceae of New England. V. F. Thomas Co.: Bowdoin, ME