PLANTS Profile for Lycopodium sitchense (Sitka clubmoss)

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PLANTS Profile

Lycopodium sitchense Rupr.
Sitka clubmoss

Symbol:

LYSI

Group:

Lycopod

Family:

Lycopodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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©Lindsey Koepke. United States, WA, Lewis Co., Mount Rainier National Park, East Side Trail. June 24, 2005. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Lycopodium sitchense Rupr.

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Synonyms:
Lycopodium sitchense Rupr.

	DISI6	Diphasiastrum sitchense (Rupr.) Holub
	DISI7	Diphasium sitchense (Rupr.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
	LYSAS4	Lycopodium sabinifolium Willd. ssp. sitchense (Rupr.) Calder & Roy L. Taylor
	LYSAS3	Lycopodium sabinifolium Willd. var. sitchense (Rupr.) Fernald

Distribution:
Lycopodium sitchense Rupr.


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USA (AK, ID, ME, MT, NH, NY, OR, VT, WA), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Lycopodium sitchense Rupr.

View 3 genera in Lycopodiaceae, 18 species in Lycopodium

Classification:
Lycopodium sitchense Rupr.

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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 sitchense Rupr. – Sitka clubmoss

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lycopodium sitchense Rupr.

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Maine:
Diphasiastrum sitchense
Alaskan clubmoss		Threatened
New York:
Sitka clubmoss		Endangered
Vermont:
Diphasiastrum sitchense
Alaskan clubmoss		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Lycopodium sitchense Rupr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17036.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 04:41 PM CDT