Lycopodiella cernua
Common Names: Staghorn Clubmoss, Wawae'iole, Christmas Tree
Clubmoss, Nodding Club-moss
Growth Habit: Subshrub, Herb/Forb
Height: Up to 39 inches (1 m) tall or more
Description: The plants are terrestrial and spread by creeping
horizontal stems up to 16 feet (5 m) long or more. The branchlets
(upright stems) are green to yellow-green, repeatedly branched like
deer antlers, and covered with spirals or whorls of tiny leaves. The
leaves are shiny, green to yellow-green, narrowly triangular to
linear-awl-shaped, point-tipped, and curved toward the stem tip. The
strobili (cone-like reproductive spore bodies) at the stem tips are
pale yellow, cylindrical in shape, and nodding. The plants look and
feel like miniature Christmas trees.
Staghorn Clubmoss grows in bogs and in wet to mesic (moderately
wet) forests. |
