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(Linnaeus) Bernhardi ex Schrank & Martius

Hort. Reg. Monac. 3. 1829.

Common names: Northern fir-moss huperzie sélagine
Basionym: Lycopodium selago Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1102. 1753
Synonyms: Plananthus selago (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois Urostachys selago (Linnaeus) Herter
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Revision as of 20:49, 16 December 2019

Shoots erect, indeterminate, 8–12 cm, becoming short-decumbent; leaves of mature portion slightly smaller than leaves of juvenile portion (more pronounced in sun form); indistinct annual constrictions present (more pronounced in shade form); juvenile growth erect. Leaves spreading-ascending (shade) to appressed-ascending (sun) in mature portion, more reflexed in juvenile portion, green (shade) to yellow-green (sun), lustrous; largest leaves triangular, widest at base, 4–7.5 mm; smallest leaves lanceolate, 3.5–5 mm; margins almost entire, papillate; stomates on both surfaces, numerous on adaxial surface, 30–90 per 1/2 leaf. Gemmiferous branchlets produced in 1 pseudowhorl at end of annual growth; gemmae 4–5 × 3–4.5 mm, lateral leaves 1.5–2 mm wide, broadly acute. Spores 29–37 µm. 2n = 268.


Habitat: Terrestrial in sandy borrow pits, ditches, lakeshore swales, and conifer swamps, rarely on acidic, igneous rock or calcareous coast cliffs
Elevation: 0–700 m, rarely to 1600 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Conn., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.Y., Ohio, R.I., Vt., Wis., Europe, Asia.

Discussion

Plants from Greenland formerly identified as Huperzia selago are H. appalachiana.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Huperzia selago"
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Joseph M. Beitel +
(Linnaeus) Bernhardi ex Schrank & Martius +
Lycopodium selago +
Northern fir-moss +  and huperzie sélagine +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Wis. +, Europe +  and Asia. +
0–700 m, rarely to 1600 m +
Terrestrial in sandy borrow pits, ditches, lakeshore swales, and conifer swamps, rarely on acidic, igneous rock or calcareous coast cliffs +
Hort. Reg. Monac. +
Illustrated +
Plananthus selago +  and Urostachys selago +
Huperzia selago +
Huperzia +
species +