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Huperzia dichotoma (Jacq.) Trevis.
Hanging club-moss

Huperzia dichotoma
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand, Florida, 1980

Family: Lycopodiaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Epiphyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Possibly Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Possibly Extirpated

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; pp 265-266) based on one occurrence at the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in Collier County. The last known plant has recently died (M. Owen, email comm., 2020) and we are now treating this as possibly extirpated.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Other data on Huperzia dichotoma available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Huperzia dichotoma has been found in the following 2 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big Cypress National Preserve Doubtfully Present
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native

Huperzia dichotoma has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Collier County Native

Huperzia dichotoma has been found in the following habitat :
Slough

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Huperzia dichotoma
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand, Florida, 1980
Huperzia dichotoma
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley