Diphasiastrum alpinum (L.) Holub
alpine club-moss
Lycopodiaceae (Club-moss family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
alpine club-moss
Lycopodiaceae (Club-moss family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Evergreen perennial from horizontal stems about 3 mm wide, on the soil (or rock) surface, or shallowly buried; upright shoots branched, 5-15 cm tall, bluish-green, with flattened branches.
Leaves:
Leaves on the convex side of the branches and leaves on their edges unstalked, short, triangular, those on the concave sides trowel shaped, bent upright at right angles to their short stalks that are perpendicular to the branches, the leaves bent upright at right angles to the bases.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Diphasiastrum alpinum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1753 | 209 | 3000 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
23 | 0 | 115 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
186 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
407 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(10), BAFA(77), BWBS(1), CMA(23), ESSF(192), ICH(3), IDF(1), IMA(25), MH(23), MS(1), SBS(2), SWB(24) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Open dry to mesic areas in heath and tundra communities in the subalpine and alpine zones; frequent throughout BC, except absent on the Queen Charlotte Islands; circumpolar, N to AK, YT, and NT, E to AB and S to MT, ID, and WA, disjunct to MI, PQ, NB, and NF; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Lycopodium alpinum L.