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Many club-moss gametophytes are mycoheterotrophic and long-lived, residing underground for several years before emerging from the ground and progressing to the sporophyte stage. [4] Lycopodiaceae and spikemosses (Selaginella) are the only vascular plants with biflagellate sperm, an ancestral trait in land plants otherwise only seen in bryophytes.
Lycopodium clavatum (common club moss, [3] [4] stag's-horn clubmoss, [5] running clubmoss, [6] or ground pine [7]) is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium in the clubmoss family. Description
Lycopodium (from Greek lykos, wolf and podion, diminutive of pous, foot) [2] is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedars, [3] in the family Lycopodiaceae.
The club mosses commonly grow to be 5–20 cm tall. [4] The gametophytes in most species are non-photosynthetic and myco-heterotrophic, but the subfamily Lycopodielloideae and a few species in the subfamily Huperzioideae have gametophytes with an upper green and photosynthetic part, and a colorless lower part in contact with fungal hyphae.
Spinulum annotinum, synonym Lycopodium annotinum, known as interrupted club-moss, [1] or stiff clubmoss, [2] is a species of clubmoss native to forests of the colder parts of North America (Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon, all 10 provinces and all 3 territories of Canada, Alaska, and mountains of the contiguous United States), [3] as well as Asia (China, Russia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Assam ...
Club moss spores and teas from plant leaves have been used since ancient times in both American Indian and European cultures. Medicinal uses included treating urinary tract problems, diarrhea and other digestive tract problems; relieving headaches and skin ailments; and inducing labor in pregnancy.
There are at least 23 species of clubmosses and 153 species of mosses found in the state of Montana in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Montana Natural Heritage Program has identified a number of clubmoss and moss species as species of concern .
Lycopodiella is a genus in the clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae.The genus members are commonly called bog clubmosses, describing their wetland habitat.The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, [1] with centers of diversity in the tropical New World and New Guinea.