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Princess pine

Lycopodium obscurum

Photo by TimTwohig
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Low growing relative of ferns. This picture shows both the sporophyte (tan colored top) and gametophyte life cycle stages of the plant.

Habitat:

Moist woodlands

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Comments (1)
ScottRasmussen
Thanks for putting this in the ferns mission. I hope to get more clubmosses up soon.

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Ferns of Northeastern U.S.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2011

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