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|accepted_name=Huperzia lucidula
|accepted_authority=(Michaux) Trevisan
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat.
|place=17: 248. 1875
|year=1875
}}
|common_names=Shining fir-moss;huperzie brillant
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Lycopodium lucidulum
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=2: 284. 1803
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Urostachys lucidulus
|authority=(Michaux) Nessel
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Lycopodiaceae;Huperzia;Huperzia lucidula
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lycopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Huperzia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Huperzia lucidula]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shoots </b>erect, indeterminate, 14–20(–100) cm, becoming long-decumbent, with long, trailing, senescent portion turning brown; juvenile and mature portions similar with strong annual constrictions due to formation of winter bud; juvenile growth erect. <b>Leaves</b> spreading to reflexed, dark green, lustrous; largest leaves narrowly obovate, leaves broadest at or above middle, 7–11 mm, margins papillate, teeth 1–8, irregular, large; smallest leaves (at annual constrictions) narrowly lanceolate, 3–6 mm; stomates on abaxial surface only. <b>Gemmiferous</b> branchlets produced in 1 pseudowhorl at end of each annual growth cycle; gemmae 4–6 × 3–6 mm, lateral leaves 1.5–2.5 mm wide, broadly obtuse with distinct mucro. <b>Spores</b> 23–29 µm. <b>2n</b> = 134.</span><!--

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|habitat=Terrestrial in shaded conifer forests and mixed hardwoods, rarely on rock on shady mossy acidic sandstone
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Huperzia</i> × bartleyi (Cusick) Kartesz & Gandhi, a sterile hybrid between <i>H. lucidula</i> and <i>H. porophila</i>, occurs throughout the range of <i>H. porophila</i> and is discussed under that species. <i>Huperzia</i> × buttersii (Abbe) Kartesz & Gandhi is a hybrid between <i>H. lucidula</i> and <i>H. selago</i>.</p>
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name=Huperzia lucidula
|authority=(Michaux) Trevisan
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Urostachys lucidulus
|basionyms=Lycopodium lucidulum
|family=Lycopodiaceae
|habitat=Terrestrial in shaded conifer forests and mixed hardwoods, rarely on rock on shady mossy acidic sandstone
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat.
|publication year=1875
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V2/V2_328.xml
|genus=Huperzia
|species=Huperzia lucidula
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