Lycopodium clavatum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1101 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Tropical Mountains. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food, an ornamental plant and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Colombia, Comoros, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East European Russia, Ecuador, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Solomon Is., South Carolina, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yakutiya, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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