Lycopodium lagopus (Laest. ex C.Hartm.) Zinserl. ex Kuzen. is a plant in the Lycopodiaceae family, order Lycopodiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lycopodium lagopus (Laest. ex C.Hartm.) Zinserl. ex Kuzen.

Lycopodium lagopus (Laest. ex C.Hartm.) Zinserl. ex Kuzen.

Lycopodium lagopus (one-cone club-moss) is an arctic-subarctic clubmoss that rarely bears more than one cone per stem.

Family
Genus
Lycopodium
Order
Lycopodiales
Class
Lycopodiopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Lycopodium lagopus (Laest. ex C.Hartm.) Zinserl. ex Kuzen.

Lycopodium lagopus, commonly called one-cone club-moss, is an arctic and subarctic plant species belonging to the genus Lycopodium in the clubmoss family. It is widely distributed across cold, northerly regions, including Canada, Greenland, Russia, Scandinavia, Alaska, and other northern parts of the United States. This species is very similar to Lycopodium clavatum, with the key difference that L. lagopus rarely produces more than one cone per stem. No evidence has been found that the two species interbreed, even when they grow alongside one another.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Lycopodiopsida Lycopodiales Lycopodiaceae Lycopodium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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