stag's-horn clubmoss

noun

Lycopodium clavatum, a club moss in the family Lycopodiaceae.

Similar
ground pinerunning clubmoss

Meanings

nounstag's-horn clubmoss (uncountable)

alternative stag's horn clubmoss · alternative Stag's-horn Clubmoss

  1. uncountableLycopodium clavatum, a club moss in the family Lycopodiaceae.

    Fir clubmoss can spread by producing disc shaped vegetative propagules and stag's horn clubmoss can spread by means of creeping stems (stolons).

    2009, Mike Raine, Nature of Snowdonia, →ISBN, page 47
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    Stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum) is particularly widespread in drier heathland areas, and is one of the most likely species to be encountered.

    1988, Christopher Nigel Page, Ferns: Their Habitats in the British and Irish Landscape, →ISBN, page 292

    In the Stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum, Fig. 3 III, IV) these strobili are even elevated above the main system of creeping shoots on an upright, elongate and sparsely leafy "podium".

    1992, Focko Weberling, translated by R. J. Pankhurst, Morphology of Flowers and Inflorescences, translation of Morphologie der Blüten und der Blütenstände (in German), →ISBN, page 4

    Throughout, you'll discover a woodland carpeted with stag's-horn clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum), trailing pine (L. digitatum) and princess pine (L. dendroideum).

    2010, Bill Bowers, Eileen McNulty-Bowers, 50 Hikes in Central New York's Leatherstocking Country, →ISBN, page 114

    Synonyms: ground pine, running clubmoss

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLycopodium clavatum, a club moss in the family Lycopodiaceae.

Similar
ground pinerunning clubmoss

Translations

Finnish katinlieko
  • katinliekoLycopodium clavatum
French lycopode en massue
  • lycopode en massueLycopodium clavatum
German Keulen-Bärlapp
  • Keulen-BärlappLycopodium clavatum
Icelandic burstajafni
  • burstajafniLycopodium clavatum
Polish babimór
  • babimórLycopodium clavatum
Welsh cnwp-fwsogl corn carw, cnwp-fwsogl
  • cnwp-fwsogl corn carwLycopodium clavatum
  • cnwp-fwsoglLycopodium clavatum
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