Lycopodium clavatum

Classification	Pteridophytes
Family	Lycopodiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Lycopodiaceae
Genus	Lycopodium
Species:	Lycopodium clavatum L.
Common Name	Clubmoss; Running Cedar; Running Clubmoss
Growth Habit	fern ally
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: fern ally; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: awl-like; Leaf Venation: one-veined; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: strobilus; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	6
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Lycopodium clavatum var. laurentianum	Lycopodium clavatum var. laurentianum Vict.
Lycopodium clavatum var. subremotum	Lycopodium clavatum var. subremotum Vict.
Lycopodium clavatum var. tristachyum	Lycopodium clavatum var. tristachyum (Pursh) Hook.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Harlan (KY), Knox (KY), Powell (KY), Rowan (KY), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Greene (TN), Johnson (TN), Sevier (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MDKY, TENN, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1937 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
ETSU000122		Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU006444	Unicoi	Tennessee		Frosty Levy	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU000121	Greene	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU000126	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU006445	Unicoi	Tennessee	12 May 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU000127	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU007847	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU000120	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU000125	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
MDKY00001685	Harlan	Kentucky			MDKY Lycopodium clavatum
MDKY00001686	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000445	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Aug 1990	A. J. Sharp, Hayle Bingham 198	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000057	Carter	Tennessee	20 Apr 1969	Ron Pearman, Charles R. Smith	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000073	Unicoi	Tennessee	20 Apr 1969	Ron Pearman, Charles R. Smith s.n.	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000070	Unicoi	Tennessee	10 Apr 1970	Jerry C. Odenwelder 70-033	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000063	Unicoi	Tennessee	18 May 1970	Jerry C. Odenwelder 70-040	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000065	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Oct 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-143	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000059	Cumberland	Tennessee	23 May 2002	M. Rhinehart	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000068	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Jan 1971	Jerry odenwelder 71-067	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000064	Unicoi	Tennessee	19 May 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-107	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000067	Unicoi	Tennessee	07 Sep 1976	A. M. Evans	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000062	Unicoi	Tennessee	22 Nov 1970	Jerry C. Oderwelder 70-054	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000069	Unicoi	Tennessee	29 Mar 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-084	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000056	Carter	Tennessee	10 Sep 1966	A.M. Evans 2243	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000075	Unicoi	Tennessee	16 Apr 1955	R. E. Shanks 18892	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000060	Greene	Tennessee	06 Jul 1974	Loy R. Phillippe 2965	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000071	Unicoi	Tennessee	07 Sep 1949	R.E. Shanks, F.W. Woods, E.H. Cooley 8881	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000072	Unicoi	Tennessee	07 Oct 1951	Frank & Sarah Woods 16451	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000061	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Oct 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-158	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000076	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Dec 1969	A. M. Evans, Jerry C. Odenwelder 21	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000669	Sevier	Tennessee	00 October 1981	Dee Montie	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000066	Unicoi	Tennessee	27 Aug 1989	V. E. McNeilus 89-908	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000074	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Jul 1960	R.E. Shanks	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
TENN-V-0000058	Cocke	Tennessee	25 Apr 1997	R. Dale Thomas, Suzanne T. Spell 153,940	TENN Lycopodium clavatum
N/A	Knox	Kentucky		Deborah White	EKY Lycopodium clavatum
HTTU024672	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Lycopodium clavatum
HTTU024671	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Lycopodium clavatum
HTTU024673	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Lycopodium clavatum
HTTU024670	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181158	Cocke	Tennessee	10 Sep 1937	Jesse M. Shaver 2398	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181168	Unicoi	Tennessee	08 Sep 1973	G. Gonsoulin 3366	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181160	Cocke	Tennessee	10 Sep 1937	Jesse M. Shaver 2399	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181159	Cocke	Tennessee	10 Sep 1937	Jesse M. Shaver 2400	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181166	Unicoi	Tennessee	02 Sep 1940	Jesse M. Shaver 2397	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181165	Unicoi	Tennessee	02 Sep 1940	Jesse M. Shaver 2396	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181162	Sevier	Tennessee	08 Jul 1978	Paul Somers 1227	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181167	Unicoi	Tennessee	28 Sep 1973	G. Gonsoulin 3434	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181161	Sevier	Tennessee	13 Aug 1982	Thomas S. Patrick 4443	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
BRIT181163	Unicoi	Tennessee	03 Jul 1986	B .E. Wofford 54-86	VDB Lycopodium clavatum
N/A	Knox	Kentucky		Deborah White	EKY Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU025738	Johnson	Tennessee	29 Sep 2013	Adam McCullough DOEM 0370	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU033053	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU031954	Unicoi	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU032063	Carter	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU033051	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
31234100019353	Unicoi	Tennessee	20 Sep 1979	B. Eugene Wofford 79-282	EKY Lycopodium clavatum
31234100019338	Harlan	Kentucky		Willem Meijer	EKY Lycopodium clavatum
N/A	Knox	Kentucky		Deborah White	EKY Lycopodium clavatum
31234100019320	Powell	Kentucky		Wilson Francis	EKY Lycopodium clavatum
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	19 Oct 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU006446	Unicoi	Tennessee	10 Jun 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU000128	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU000123	Washington	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU000129	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
ETSU000124	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	02 Aug 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
N/A	Johnson	Tennessee	13 Jun 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
N/A	Greene	Tennessee	13 Aug 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum
etsu005215	Greene	Tennessee	31 Jul 2010	Frosty Levy	ETSU Lycopodium clavatum

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Lycopodium clavatum

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