Lycopodiaceae
Shining clubmoss
Huperzia lucidula
- Family
- Lycopodiaceae
- Genus
- Huperzia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 亮叶石杉, 亮葉石杉
- English
- Shining clubmoss, Shining firmoss
- Japanese
- クラブコケ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Lypocodium lucidulum
Synonyms
- Huperzia lucidula var. tryonii (Mohlenbr.) Mohlenbr.
- Huperzia selago subsp. lucidula (Michx.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Lycopodium lucidulum Michx.
- Lycopodium lucidulum var. tryonii Mohlenbr.
- Lycopodium reflexum (P.Beauv.) Sw.
- Lycopodium selago var. lucidulum Clute
- Urostachys lucidulus (Michx.) Herter ex Nessel
- Urostachys lucidulus var. reclinatus (Dup) Nessel
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.