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Running-pine - Lycopodium clavatum
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S3S4
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value:
7
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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Lycopodium clavatum occurs in Montana on the eastern edge of its distribution in northwestern North America (FNA 1993). Populations appear stable, though it appears to be under-collected in herbaria. Current data on locations and population sizes are needed.
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Range Extent
ScoreF - 20,000-200,000 sq km (~8,000-80,000 sq mi)
Area of Occupancy
ScoreD - 6-25 4-km2 grid cells
Number of Populations
ScoreB - 6 - 20
Number of Occurrences or Percent Area with Good Viability / Ecological Integrity
ScoreB - Very few (1-3) occurrences with excellent or good viability or ecological integrity
Environmental Specificity
ScoreC - Moderate. Generalist or community with some key requirements scarce
Threats
ScoreD - Low
CommentThreat category includes: Logging & wood harvesting.
General Description
Shoots to 20 cm, solitary, often with short, arm-like branches. Leaves spreading or ascending, 3–6 mm long, narrow, entire-margined with hair-like tips. Strobili 1–4 cm long, 2 to 4 spreading or ascending on a branched peduncle sparsely set with yellowish bracts. Sporophylls broadly lanceolate, dentate with a hair-like tip. Similar in stature to the more common L. annotinum, but the long leaf tips are distinctive. One collection from Flathead Co. (C.L. Hitchcock 1868, MONTU) has a solitary strobile but otherwise appears to belong here (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
In MT in Lincoln, Flathead, Glacier, and Ravalli counties; BC to NL south to CA, MT, MB IL, TN (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 19
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References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Britton, N. L. and A. B. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada, and the British Possessions. 2nd Edition in 3 Volumes. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. B13BRI01PAUS.
Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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