Lycopodium annotinum L.
stiff club-moss (stiff clubmoss)
Lycopodiaceae (Club-moss family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
stiff club-moss (stiff clubmoss)
Lycopodiaceae (Club-moss family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Evergreen perennial; stems horizontal, long-creeping, branched; erect branches with numerous leaves, 5-25 cm tall.
Leaves:
Linear-lanceolate, 3-10 mm long, with 1-3 small irregular teeth close to the tips, the tips without bristles.
Cones:
1-4 cm long, single, unstalked at the top of upright branches; sporophylls broadly egg-shaped with fringed margins.
Notes:
A variable species. In this treatment it includes Lycopodium dubium Zoega, which is treated by some authors as a separate species.
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
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Green
Blooming Period:
Late Summer
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Lycopodium annotinum
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) |
1126 | 0 | 2500 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
17 | 0 | 200 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
356 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
5793 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(1), BAFA(1), BWBS(376), CWH(183), ESSF(1869), ICH(1054), IDF(50), MH(35), MS(326), SBPS(57), SBS(1344), SWB(115) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry to moist coniferous forests, heath, wet peat bogs and rock outcrops in the lowland to subalpine zones; common throughout BC; circumpolar, N to AK, YT, NT, E to NF and S to NC, WV, ID, and OR, disjunct in NM; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Lycopodium annotinum subsp. alpestre (Hartm.) A. Löve & D. Löve
Lycopodium annotinum subsp. annotinum
Lycopodium annotinum subsp. pungens (La Pylaie) Hultén
Lycopodium annotinum var. acrifolium Fernald
Lycopodium annotinum var. alpestre Hartm.
Lycopodium annotinum var. pungens (La Pylaie) Desv.
Lycopodium dubium Zoega
Lycopodium pungens