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Lycopodium complanatum L.
groundcedar

       
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Line Drawing of Lycopodium complanatum L.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 48. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Images:
Lycopodium complanatum L.

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Synonyms:
Lycopodium complanatum L.

  DICO7 Diphasiastrum complanatum (L.) Holub
  DIAN2 Diphasium anceps (Wallr.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
  DICO10 Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm.
  DICOM Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm. ssp. montellii Kukkonen
  DIWA Diphasium wallrothii H.P. Fuchs
  LYAN4 Lycopodium anceps Wallr.
  LYCOA Lycopodium complanatum L. ssp. anceps (Wallr.) Asch.
  LYCOC2 Lycopodium complanatum L. var. canadense Vict.
 

Distribution:
Lycopodium complanatum L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NY, OR, SD, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Lycopodium complanatum L.

View 3 genera in Lycopodiaceae, 18 species in Lycopodium
 

Classification:
Lycopodium complanatum L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Lycopodiophyta – Lycopods
Class Lycopodiopsida
Order Lycopodiales
Family Lycopodiaceae – Club-moss family
Genus Lycopodium L. – clubmoss
Species Lycopodium complanatum L. – groundcedar
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lycopodium complanatum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
northern running-pine              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lycopodium complanatum L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FAC FACU- NO FACU+ NI NO NO NO NO FAC NO UPL NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Lycopodium complanatum L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17025.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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