Lycopodium dendroideum : Ground Pine

Scientific Name:

Kingdom: Plantae

Division:

• Tracheophyta (vascular)
• Pteridophyta (spore bearing)

Class: Lycopodiopsida (club-moss class)

Family: Lycopodiaceae (Club-moss Family)

Genera: Lycopodium (Club-moss) (Gk.Lyco=wolf+podos=foot in reference to either the branch shoot tips or the roots to a wolfs paw.)

Species: dendroideum

Synonym(s): L. obscurum

English Name(s):

Ground Pine, Little Tree Club-moss

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Structure:

• Erect stems 10-30 cm high, simple (unbranched) lower, forking higher, constricted between seasons' growth.
• Horizontal subterranean stems, creeping, branching, and rhizome-like.

Leaves:

• Lower leaves spread out, leaves of branches in 6-8 vertical rows, sharply pointed.

Reproductive Parts:

• Strobili (spore cones) sessile (without stalk) on end of main branches.

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Physiology:

Life Cycle:

• Perennial
• Strobili produced in 2nd-4th growing seasons.

Seasonal Cycle:

• Evergreen

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Habitat:

• Woods and clearings.

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