Plants Profile for Lycopodiella alopecuroides (foxtail clubmoss)

General Information
Symbol:	LYAL5
Group:	Lycopod
Family:	Lycopodiaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Jim Stasz. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 45. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
LEAL10	Lepidotis alopecuroides (L.) Rothm.
LYAL2	Lycopodium alopecuroides L.
LYINA	Lycopodium inundatum L. var. alopecuroides (L.) Tuck.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Lycopodiophyta – Lycopods
Class	Lycopodiopsida
Order	Lycopodiales
Family	Lycopodiaceae – Club-moss family
Genus	Lycopodiella Holub – clubmoss
Species	Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill – foxtail clubmoss

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
Connecticut Lycopodium alopecuroides foxtail clubmoss Special Concern
Massachusetts foxtail clubmoss Endangered
New York foxtail clubmoss Exploitably Vulnerable
Pennsylvania foxtail clubmoss Endangered
Rhode Island foxtail clubmoss Endangered
Tennessee foxtail clubmoss Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACW
Great Plains	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	FACW