Lycopodium clavatum (Common clubmoss)

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Lycopodium clavatum L.

Common clubmoss, running clubmoss

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Lycopodium clavatum L. var. laurentianum Vict.
Lycopodium clavatum L. var. subremotum Vict.
Lycopodium clavatum L. var. tristachyum Hook.

4/7/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 7″ (16 × 17 cm)

8/7/2013 · Amos Kendall Conservation Land, Dunstable, Massachusetts · ≈ 12 × 10″ (31 × 25 cm) ID is uncertain

8/7/2013 · Amos Kendall Conservation Land, Dunstable, Massachusetts · ≈ 12 × 12″ (29 × 31 cm) ID is uncertain

4/17/2024 · McKay Farm Preserve, Phippsburg, Maine

10/8/2016 · Groton Town Forest, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 20 cm)

8/7/2013 · Amos Kendall Conservation Land, Dunstable, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 8″ (18 × 21 cm) ID is uncertain

8/7/2013 · Amos Kendall Conservation Land, Dunstable, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 6″ (14 × 14 cm) ID is uncertain

9/27/2018 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm)

8/7/2013 · Amos Kendall Conservation Land, Dunstable, Massachusetts · ≈ 15 × 10″ (37 × 25 cm) ID is uncertain

8/7/2013 · Amos Kendall Conservation Land, Dunstable, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Lycopodiophyta	Ancient plants that have only a single vein per leaf, limiting size
Class	Lycopodiopsida	“Fern allies”—clubmosses and firmosses
Order	Lycopodiales	Lycopodiums
Family	Lycopodiaceae	Lycopodiums, clubmosses
Genus	Lycopodium	From Greek lukos, “wolf,” and podion, “foot”
Species	clavatum	Means “club-shaped,” referring to the top of the hairs on the inner side of the petals

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Lycopodium clavatum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.