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northern bog clubmoss, northern marsh clubmoss

Habit Herbs perennial, creeping, glabrous.
Roots

few.

Stems

decumbent ones densely leafy; erect stems simple, usually 1–2 per year, 3–10 cm tall.

Leaves

healthy-looking only on current year’s growth, leaves of decumbent stems falcate; swept upwards, lanceolate, approximately 5 mm long; entire; acute, leaves of erect stems spirally arranged, resembling those of the horizontal branches but becoming shorter above, often appearing whorled below cone.

Cones

1–5 × 0.3–0.5 cm.

Sporophylls

approximately 5 mm long, becoming straw-colored; ovate at the base with several irregular teeth and a long acumen.

Lycopodiella inundata

Lycopodiella subappressa

Distribution
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Discussion

Coastal or inland peat bogs, wet sandy soil, or other wet habitats with short vegetation, sometimes on logs and stumps. 0–1700 m. Casc, CR, Est. CA; northwestern and northeastern US into Canada; Europe. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 84
Duncan Thomas
Sibling taxa
L. inundata
Synonyms Lycopodium inundatum, Lycopodium inundatum var. inundatum
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