Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Lycopodium obscurum L.


LYCOPODIACEAE Family selection - Club-moss family Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods)

Taxon Page:

Name: Lycopodium obscurum L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 1102 (-1103). 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Rare clubmoss
en English name: flat-branch tree club-moss
English name: ground-pine
French name: lycopode foncé

Grown habit: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

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Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Lycopodium obscurum L. var. dendroideum (Michx.) D.C. Eaton
2) Lycopodium obscurum L. var. hybridum Farw.
3) Lycopodium obscurum L. var. isophyllum Hickey



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: -
Division: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodium
Species:


Page counter: 370 ( AVG: 221.16 / 219.883 )



Gallery:

Lycopodium obscurum
Lycopodium obscurum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 45.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Distributional map for Lycopodium obscurum L.
Map for Lycopodium obscurum L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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1) Lycopodium sabinifolium Willd. [367]
2) Lycopodium serratum Thunb. [171]
3) Lycopodium serratum Thunb. var. dentatum Hillebr. [101]
4) Lycopodium sintenisii (Herter) Maxon ex C. Chr. [101]
5) Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh [324]
6) Lycopodium volubile G. Forst. [excluded] [329]
7) Lycopodium x habereri House [268]
8) Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram var. laurentianus (Rolland-Germain) B. Boivin [427]
9) Lycopus cokeri H.E. Ahles ex Sorrie [247]
10) Lycopus uniflorus Michx. [410]

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