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PLANTS

Fir Clubmoss

Huperzia selago

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Fir Clubmoss, photo 1 of 5
Fir Clubmoss, photo 2 of 5
Fir Clubmoss, photo 3 of 5

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in forests and in marshes.

There are 230 observations of Fir Clubmoss in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec, Côte-Nord and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in 9 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec118
  2. Côte-Nord35
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean20
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine17
  5. Capitale-Nationale17
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent15
  7. Laurentides3
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue3
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches2

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
Water’s edgepeupleloup
MountainAntoine Dervin

Similar species

Bristly clubmossSpinulum annotinum
Arctic firmossHuperzia arctica
Appalachian clubmossHuperzia appressa
Running clubmossLycopodium clavatum
Continental firmossHuperzia continentalis
Shining clubmossHuperzia lucidula
Club spikemossSelaginella selaginoides
Alpine clubmossDiphasiastrum alpinum
Inundated clubmossLycopodiella inundata
Norway sprucePicea abies
One-cone clubmossLycopodium lagopus