Lycopodium sabinaefolium - CEDAR-LIKE CLUB-MOSS 
     
    

    
     This plant somewhat resembles cedar because of its 
     
     flattened branches and small leaves. The tiny 
     
    

    
     leaves are actually more like scales, have incurved 
     
     tips, and are joined to the branches for much of 
     
     their lengths. The horizontal stems, from which the 
     
     upright branches develop, generally creep along above 
     
     ground. The long yellowish cones are usually 
     
     solitary on separate almost leafless stalks. Spores 
     
     mature in August and September. Cedar-like club—moss 
     
     grows in exposed places, wet hillsides and clayey 
     
     ill-drained soils with little competing vegetation. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Lycopodium sabinaefolium 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lycopodium clavatum - COMMON CLUB—MOSS “S? 
     
     This is our most common species of club-moss. It forms 
     
     a long running stem on top of the ground. The stem and 
     
     upright branches are densely leaved; leaves are soft and% 
     
     have long tips. From the tips of the branches grow long" 
     
     upright stalks which are almost leafless. From these 
     
     grow one to four yellowish spikes which sometimes branch 
     
     out at different levels along the stalks. This species 
     
     is much used in Christmas decorations. Common club-moss”. 
     
     is found on light soil on slopes, pastures and in dry 
     
     open woodlands. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Lycopodium clavatum 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lycopodium inundatum - BOG CLUB-MOSS 
     
    

    
     This is one of two local species which are entirely 
     
     green. The plant, including the spikes and horizontal 
     
     stem, is completely and densely covered with leaves. 
     
     Spore-bearing spikes form at the tops of vertical 
     
     branches and have the appearance of bushy green clubs. 
     
     Although spores are produced in their axils, the leaves 
     
     of the spike do not look much different from stem 
     
     leaves. The plant grows as a runner which creeps flat 
     
     along the ground, but occasionally the runner arches 
     
     upward into the air for a short distance. Runners 
     
    

    
     tend not to be very long and are held strongly to the 
     
     ground by numerous roots. Stems turn yellowish in 
     
     winter, leaving only the tips green. Bog club-moss is 
     
     found in swamps, bog-meadows, poorly drained 
     
     depressions, sandy beaches and acid areas which 
     
    

    
     remain moist for considerable lengths of time. Lycopodium inundatum 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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