Quillworts / Clubmosses / Spikemosses

OrderFamilyScientific NameCommon Name
IsoetalesIsoetaceaeIsoetes engelmanniiAppalachian Quillwort
Isoetes melanosporaBlackspore Quillwort
Isoetes piedmontanaPeidmont Quillwort
Isoetes tegetiformansMat-forming Quillwort / Merlin's grass
Isoetes virginicaVirginia Quillwort
LycopodialesLycopodiaceaeDiphasiastrum digitatumFan Clubmoss
Huperzia lucidulaShining Clubmoss
Lycopodiella appressaSouthern Bog Clubmoss
Lycopodiella prostrataFeatherstem Clubmoss
Lycopodium obscurumRare Clubmoss
Pseudolycopodiella carolinianaSlender Clubmoss
SelaginellalesSelaginellaceaeSelaginella apodaMeadow Spikemoss
Selaginella rupestrisNorthern Selaginella
EquisetalesEquisetaceaeEquisetum hyemale ssp. affineScouringrush Horsetail

Sources of information:


Sweeney, P. W. and D. E. Giannasi. 2000. The Vascular Plant Distribution Atlas of Georgia: Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Monocots. (www.plantbio.uga.edu/herbarium/GeorgiaAtlas/; posted June 2007)
USDA Plants Database.