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Latest revision as of 14:55, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodium
Species: L. scariosum
Binomial name: Lycopodium scariosum
Synonyms: Stachygynandrum scariosum, Diphasium scariosum, Lycopodium decurrens. Lycopodium scariosum var. decurrens, Diphasium decurrens,
Common name: Spreading clubmoss, Creeping club moss
Lycopodium scariosum a native club moss of Australia, New Zealand and Borneo. In New Zealand it is common throughout the North (mainly south of Waikato), South and Stewart Islands, in coastal to subalpine areas (>1200 m.a.s.l.). It is present on Mt Taranaki/Egmont.
Lycopodium scariosum has multi-branched main stems that lie on the ground and can grow to 2 metres long and can grow to a height of 50cm.
It has small leaves of two types, upright larger sickle-shaped leaves (up to 0.4cm) on sides with smaller (up to 0.2cm) leaves on undersides of the stem.
It bears orange-brown >5cm long cones on erect, sparsely leaved, unbranched stalks.
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