stag's-horn clubmoss

stag's-horn clubmoss

English

stag's-horn clubmoss

Alternative forms

• stag's horn clubmoss
• Stag's-horn Clubmoss

Noun

stag's-horn clubmoss (uncountable)

1. Lycopodium clavatum, a club moss in the family Lycopodiaceae.
   • 1988, Christopher Nigel Page, Ferns: Their Habitats in the British and Irish Landscape‎, →ISBN, page 292:

     Stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum) is particularly widespread in drier heathland areas, and is one of the most likely species to be encountered.

   • 1992, R. J. Pankhurst, Morphology of Flowers and Inflorescences‎, translation of Morphologie der Blüten und der Blütenstände by Focko Weberling, →ISBN, page 4:

     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".

   • 2009, Mike Raine, Nature of Snowdonia‎, →ISBN, page 47:

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

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

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

Synonyms

• ground pine
• running clubmoss

Translations

Lycopodium clavatum

Finnish: katinlieko (fi) French: lycopode en massue m Galician: licopodio m

German: Keulen-Bärlapp (de) m Icelandic: burstajafni (is) m