PLANTS Profile for Lycopodium tristachyum (deeproot clubmoss)

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PLANTS Profile

Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh
deeproot clubmoss

Symbol:

LYTR

Group:

Lycopod

Family:

Lycopodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 48. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh

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Synonyms:
Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh

	DITR4	Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Pursh) Holub
	DICH5	Diphasium chamicyparissus (A. Braun) A. Löve & D. Löve
	DICOC2	Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm. ssp. chamicyparissus (A. Braun) Kukkonen
	DITR5	Diphasium tristachyum (Pursh) Rothm.
	LYCH6	Lycopodium chamicyparissus A. Braun
	LYCOC3	Lycopodium complanatum L. ssp. chamicyparissus (A. Braun) Nyman
	LYCOC4	Lycopodium complanatum L. var. chamicyparissus (A. Braun) Döll
	LYCOP8	Lycopodium complanatum L. var. patentifolium Spring

Distribution:
Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh

View 3 genera in Lycopodiaceae, 18 species in Lycopodium

Classification:
Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh

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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 tristachyum Pursh – deeproot clubmoss

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh

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.

Indiana:
deep-root clubmoss		Threatened
New York:
ground cedar		Exploitably Vulnerable

More Accounts and Images:
Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 17037.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 11/24/2009 01:54 AM MST