Lycopodioides eclipes (W.R. Buck) Weakley, 2023

Lycopodioides eclipes (W.R. Buck) Weakley View in CoL , comb. nov. BASIONYM: Selaginella eclipes W.R.Buck,Canad.J.Bot. View in CoL 55:366–367. 1977. TYPE: U.S.A. MISSOURI. Douglas Co.: 27 Sep 1974, Warren L. Wagner 74159 (HOLOTYPE: MICH 1190987 About MICH ) .

Buck (1977) named Selaginella eclipes W.R. Buck as a moderately narrow endemic (of eastern North America) in the Selaginella apoda complex. It has general community recognition as an accepted species, with some gradual distribution records accumulating (unsurprising for a recently named and semi-cryptic species) that extend its range somewhat (see Weakley & Southeastern Flora Team 2022a).

MISCELLANEOUS FAMILIES

Contributions to the weedy and non-native flora of New Jersey Primary author: Ryan J. Schmidt

For the past several centuries, New Jersey has been a center for industry and trade within the Mid-Atlantic region of the eastern United States ( Meredith & Hood 1921; Lurie & Viet 2012) contributing to a high diversity of weedy and non-native plants ( Schmidt et al. submitted). During the late 19th and early 20th centuries in particular, New Jersey botanists collected thousands of specimens of these weedy and non-native plants providing a solid foundation for understanding the non-native flora of New Jersey ( Smith 1867; Martindale 1876, 1877; Burk 1877; Brown, 1878 a, 1878b, 1879, 1880; Britton 1881; Schmidt et al. submitted). Over the past century, however, the extent of these collection efforts has declined resulting in a more-limited understanding of the current state of New Jersey’s weedy and non-native flora.

Recent herbarium specimen collection efforts have provided new information on several weedy plant species for the Flora of New Jersey ( Weakley & Southeastern Flora Team 2022b). Based on these collections, we recommend the addition of 14 species and hybrids to the state’s flora and range extensions within New Jersey for four additional species. Additions to the flora include plants that likely escaped from horticultural plantings as well as those which have likely gone unnoticed in the region including one species native to the eastern United States. We also assert that two species that are currently listed as historical waifs are actually established species based on digitized herbarium records. We also briefly discuss several rare or waif species which we recently collected in the state. Unless otherwise noted, all localities mentioned are in New Jersey .

Additions to the Flora of New Jersey

Picea orientalis (L.) Peterm. ( Pinaceae ) was found as several young trees growing beneath an allée of planted Picea orientalis along an old road in the former nursery in the Fair Haven Fields Natural Area ( U.S.A. New

Jersey. Monmouth Co.: Fair Haven , Fair Haven Fields Natural Area, 4 Jun 2022, Schmidt 1305, CHRB). Since the species has presently only been found naturalized in one location and these individuals were not found far beyond the original plantings, we assert that this species is present as a waif in the state .