Trailing Clubmoss - Lycopodium complanatum
Other Names:
Diphasiastrum complanatum
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S3S4
C-value:
7
Agency Status
USFWS:
USFS:
BLM:
External Links
Stems prostrate on or just below ground. Shoots 10–25 cm; branches strongly flattened. Leaves 4-ranked, appressed, clasping, overlapping; lateral pair linear, dorsal and ventral much shorter. Strobili 1 to 3, pedunculate, 1–9 cm long. Sporophylls 2–3 mm long, fan-shaped with an abrupt point. Shoots resemble twigs of western redcedar (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).