Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Lycopodiaceae/Lycopodiacées - Clubmoss Family
Lycopodium clavatum L.
En: running clubmoss, staghorn clubmoss, wolf's-claw clubmoss, buckhorn
Fr: lycopode claviforme, lycopode en massue, courants verts
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Circumboreal (disj.), also sHemisphere; thr. Nfld., disj. in cLab.; acid.

[=Copodium oxynemum Raf.]
[=Lepidotis clavata (L.) P.Beauv.]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. (monstr.) frondescens Luerss.]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. (monstr.) proliferum Luerss.]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. (monstr.) remotum Luerss.]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. forma frondescens (Luerss.) Vict.]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. var. clavatum]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. var. integrifolium (Hook. ex Goldie) Nessel]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. var. laurentianum Vict.]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. var. preslianum Spring]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. var. raddianum Spring]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. var. subremotum Vict.]
[=Lycopodium clavatum L. var. tristachyum Hook.]
[=Lycopodium divaricatum Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.]
[=Lycopodium integrifolium Hook. ex Goldie]
[=Lycopodium officinale Neck.]
[=Lycopodium preslii Grev. & Hook.]
[=Lycopodium serpens C.Presl 1825, nom. illeg. hom., non Desv. ex Poir. 1814]
[=Lycopodium tamariscispica Cesati]
[=Lycopodium torridum Gaudich.]
[=Urostachys plutonis Herter]

[Lycopodium clavatum is largely replaced in Labrador by its northern counterpart, Lycopodium lagopus, however an overlooked specimen, collected by H. Mann (#98-62A) on Aug 6, 1988 from a hardwood stand along the Lower Churchill River valley, was recently brought to our attention, confirming that L. clavatum occurs in Labrador. A more recent report of L. clavatum from cLab. was received in 2019 (S. Blaney & E. Oberndorfer 2019).]

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