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- Lycopodium, from the Greek, lukos
(lukos) "wolf", and podos
(podos) "foot"; "wolf's foot", a reference to the resemblance of
the branch tips to a wolf's paw.
- clavatum, from the Latin, "club shaped"
- Running Ground Pine, from
- Other common names include Common Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Running
Pine, Running Moss, Staghorn Clubmoss, Wolf's Claw Clubmoss, Foxtail
Clubmoss, Robin Hood's Hatband, Forks and Knives, lycopode à
massue (Qué), Mattlummer (Swe), Mjuk kråkefot
(Nor), Almindelig Ulvefod (Dan), Katinlieko (Fin),
Burstajafni (Is), Keulen-Bärlapp (Ger), Lus a'
Mhadaidh-Ruaidh, Garbhag nan Gleann (Gaelic)
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Taxonomy: |
- Kingdom Plantae, the Plants
- Division Lycopodiophyta, the Club Mosses
- Class Lycopodiopsida, the Club Mosses
- Order Lycopodiales, the Club Mosses
- Family Lycopodiaceae, the Club Mosses
- Genus Lycopodium, the Club Mosses
- Taxonomic Serial Number: 17024
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Description: |
- A ¼, ½, ¾, º, é
- A broad spreading, evergreen clubmoss. Height to 10"
- Roots
- Horizontal stems on substrate surface; branching, interlacing,
covering large area
- Vertical stems multi-branched, dense leaves. Upright shoots
clustered, 0.6--1.2 cm diam., dominant main shoot with 3--6 branches
mostly in lower 1/2. Lateral branchlets few and like upright shoots;
annual bud constrictions abrupt, branchlets mostly spreading. Leaves
spreading, often somewhat ascending in distal 1/3 of branches, medium
green, linear, 4--6 X 0.4--0.8 mm; margins entire; apex with narrow
hair tip 2.5--4 mm.
- Branches multiple, of varying length
- Leaves 1/3", toothed, tapering to hairlike tip; generally ascending
- Cones cylindrical, 3"; one or more on 6", yellowish stems Peduncles
3.5--12.5 cm, with remote pseudowhorls of appressed leaves, loosely
branched into 2--5 alternate stalks, 0.5--0.8 cm. Strobili 2--5 on alternate
stalks (if double, usually with stalks 5--8 mm), 15--25 X 3--6 mm.
- Sporophylls 1.5--2.5 mm, apex abruptly reduced to hair tip. 2 n =
68.
Fields and woods; B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que.,
Sask.; Alaska, Calif., Conn., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine,
Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Oreg.,
Pa., R.I., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis.; Mexico; West Indies;
Central America; South America; Europe; Asia; Africa; Pacific Islands.
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Identification: |
- Identifiable as
- Distinguished from tree like clubmosses by its running habit.
- Distinguished from other running clubmosses by its branching, multiple
cones on extremely long stems, and horizontal stem on surface of ground.
- Field Marks
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Distribution: |
- Circumboreal; Alaska to Newfoundland, south to California, Idaho,
Montana, Minnesota, and North Carolina.
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Habitat: |
- Moist shaded woodland, open thickets, rocky slopes, pine forests,
mixed woods; occasionally swamp and bog edges.
- Soil loose, acidic
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History: |
- Once widely used for Christmas decoration and over collected.
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Reproduction: |
- Reproduces by spore and vegetatively by rhizomes
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Propagation: |
- Very difficult; division may be the most successful method.
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Cultivation: |
- Hardy to USDA Zone 3 (average minimum annual temperature -40ºF)
- Cultural Requirements
- Sun
- Soil
- Water
- Spacing
- Fertilization
- Size 12"-18"W x 12"-18"H
- Growth rate
- Clubmosses can make attractive ground covers, but they do not transplant
well.
- Available by mail order from specialty suppliers or at local nurseries
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Last Updated on
26 February, 2004
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