Taxonomy
Family: Lycopodiaceae
* (Laest. ex C. Hartm.) G. Zinserl. ex Kuzen.
Habitat
Dry rocky or sandy soil. Open woods and grassy areas, rocky barrens, bog margins in acid and subacid soil.
Associates
Distribution
Across southern Canada to AK, south into New England, northern NY, MI, northern WI, and northern MN.
Morphology
Low evergreen from horizontal stems, creeping or arching on the soil surface, sometimes branching, rooting at intervals. Leaves of aerial stems ascending to appressed, caudate, ending in whitish, hair-like tips mostly 1-3 mm. Strobili terminal, solitary (if double, usually nearly sessile), on stalks 3.5-12.5 cm long.
Notes
Produces spores from late August to late September.
Wetland indicator: FAC
More northern than L. clavatum, however their ranges overlap.
References
Wagner, W.H. Jr. and Beitel, J.M. 1993. Lycopodiaceae. In: Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 2.
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford.
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