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"Princess Pine" , Fan Club Moss, Crow's Foot, Running Clubmoss

Lycopodium dendroideum

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Ground Pine
Lycopodium obscurum Lycopodium obscurum - Ground Pine
MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago
"Princess Pine" , Fan Club Moss, Crow's Foot, Running Clubmoss
Lycopodium dendroideum http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/magazine/archive/11Spring/Sense%20of%20Wonder.pdf


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3 Comments

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

Scratch my L. digitatum. Make that L. dendroideum. It's quite common in WV, and the tiny "leaflets" stick out from the branches more than L. digitatum.

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

OK.... I think I've got this one nailed down. I believe you've got "Lycopodim digitatum". Among the fascinating Club mosses, it's a fairly common species. The club mosses are deceptively complex plants. They have a 2-cycle system of reproducing.. one asexually, via spores, the other sexually, via sperm/egg. This is called "Alternation of generation", and is truly fascinating (at least to me! lol) If you can go back to this clump later in the year (early to mid-fall), you may see little pointy 'cones" at the tip of each branch. These bear the spores. I won't get into the rest... I'll fill up your page! But if your'e not familiar with it, look it up. It's so neat!
If I remember correctly, it is believed that Lycopodium grow in a sort of symbiotic relationship with the tree under which they live. Don't quote me on that, but it's ringing a bell that I learned that somewhere.

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

A club moss. In a moment I can get you at least a bit more accurate name... BRB!

sagood08
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sagood08

West Virginia, USA

Spotted on Oct 13, 2012
Submitted on Jan 21, 2013

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