Lycopodium clavatum Linnaeus. Common name: Running Clubmoss. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Openings, balds, roadbanks, open forests. Distribution: Circumboreal, south in e. North America along the Appalachians to NC, n. GA, and ne. AL (Clay Co.; Diamond 2020); also c. Mexico south through Central America to n. South America (Brazil); West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Additional taxonomic study is needed of what may prove a complex of species.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA2, FoC, Il, K4, Md, NE, NS, NY, POWO, RAB, Sf, Tat, Tn, Va, W, Haines (2002b), Rumsey (2007); = Lycopodium clavatum L. ssp. clavatum — Meso1, Øllgaard, Kessler, & Smith (2018); = Lycopodium clavatum L. var. clavatum — F, G, Md; < Lycopodium clavatum L. — C, Pa, WV. Basionym: Lycopodium clavatum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lycopodium clavatum - FNA2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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native range: circumboreal & eastern North America
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