Lycopodium clavatum
Common Club Moss, Elk Moss
Other regional names: Ground Pine
- Ground Pine
Also known as: Copodium oxynemum Raf., 1817 +9 more
- Copodium oxynemum Raf., 1817
- Lycopodium cavatum subsp. niponicum Nakai
- Lycopodium clavatum f. clavatum
- Lycopodium clavatum subsp. laurentianum Victorin
- Lycopodium clavatum subsp. subremotum Victorin
- Lycopodium clavatum subsp. tristachyum Hook.
- Lycopodium clavatum var. equisetoides Nessel
- Lycopodium tamariscispica Ces.
- Lycopodium trichophyllum C.Chr.
- Lycopodium vulgare Dill.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Lycopodiaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Lycopodium clavatum (commonly known as Common Club Moss or Elk-moss) is a shrub belonging to the Lycopodiaceae family. Indigenous to Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, North America, the Pacific, and South America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA, PACIFIC, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Caucasus, Central America, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indo-China, Malesia, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeast Tropical Africa, Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northern South America, Northwestern U.S.A., Papuasia, Russian Far East, Siberia, South Tropical Africa, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern Europe, Southeastern U.S.A., Southern Africa, Southwestern Europe, Southwestern Pacific, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Asia, Western Canada, Western Indian Ocean, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alabama, Alaska, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Colombia, Comoros, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Panama, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Solomon Is., South Carolina, Spain, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms