PLANTS Profile for Lycopodium obscurum (rare clubmoss)

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PLANTS Profile

Lycopodium obscurum L.
rare clubmoss

Symbol:

LYOB

Group:

Lycopod

Family:

Lycopodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Lycopodium obscurum L.

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Synonyms:
Lycopodium obscurum L.

DEOB4

Dendrolycopodium obscurum (L.) A. Haines

Princess-Pine

Distribution:
Lycopodium obscurum L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Lycopodium obscurum L.

View 3 genera in Lycopodiaceae, 18 species in Lycopodium

Classification:
Lycopodium obscurum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Lycopodiophyta – Lycopods
Class	Lycopodiopsida
Order	Lycopodiales
Family	Lycopodiaceae – Club-moss family
Genus	Lycopodium L. – clubmoss
Species	Lycopodium obscurum L. – rare clubmoss

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lycopodium obscurum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
tree clubmoss		Rare
New York:
ground pine		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lycopodium obscurum L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACU

FACU

FACU-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lycopodium obscurum L.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17032.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 03:52 AM CDT