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PLANTS

Running clubmoss

Lycopodium clavatum

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
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Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in forests and in thickets.

There are 3,542 observations of Running clubmoss in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Bas-Saint-Laurent, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak from July to September and become rare from November to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue481
  2. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean377
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent365
  4. Côte-Nord361
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine289
  6. Capitale-Nationale237
  7. Laurentides225
  8. Outaouais209
  9. Mauricie184
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches183
  11. Estrie168
  12. Nord-du-Québec161
  13. Lanaudière153
  14. Centre-du-Québec76
  15. Montérégie71
  16. Montréal2

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ThicketsNicholas A. Tonelli
MountainEmmanuel Milou

Similar species

Bristly clubmossSpinulum annotinum
One-cone clubmossLycopodium lagopus
Shining clubmossHuperzia lucidula
Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago
TOXIC
BloodwortAchillea millefolium
Inundated clubmossLycopodiella inundata
GroundcedarDiphasiastrum complanatum
Flat-branched ground-pineDendrolycopodium obscurum
Northern tree-clubmossDendrolycopodium dendroideum
Alpine clubmossDiphasiastrum alpinum
Fan clubmossDiphasiastrum digitatum
Norway sprucePicea abies