Family: Lycopodiaceae
running club-moss, running ground-pine, running-pine, staghorn club-moss
[Lycopodium clavatum var. clavatum L., more...]
Christopher Noll
Derek Anderson
Mary Ann Feist
Etymology: Lycopodium: Greek lycos for "wolf" and pous for "foot," referring to its resemblance
Plants: perennial fern ally
Habitat: woodlands
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial fern ally
Habitat: woodlands
Conservation Status: Native
Common in dry to mesic coniferous, mixed, or deciduous woods, often forming large clones; also in old fields, shrub thickets, and cedar swamps. This species is most easily recognized by the long soft single hair-like bristle at the end of each leaf, and by the two or more strobili at the top of the long peduncle.
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 6, Wetland Indicator = FAC University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: Fern & Fern Allies: Photos, descriptions, information USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Southwest School of Botanical Medicine: Britton & Brown Illustrated Flora - 2nd Edition (1913) "An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada"
Derek Anderson
Mary Ann Feist
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Aaron_Carlson
Robert W. Freckmann
Matthew L. Wagner
Christopher Noll
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Dorothy J. Lott
Mary Ann Feist
Botanical Illustration
Kurt Stüber
Botanical Illustration
