Lycopodiaceae
Shining clubmoss
Huperzia lucidula
- Family
- Lycopodiaceae
- Genus
- Huperzia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Shining clubmoss
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: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ch3chia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kathleen Houlahan Chayer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Larry Jensen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Apgar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sinéad Tuttle-Lerner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Huperzia
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- Shining clubmossHuperzia lucidulaLycopodiaceae
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- Chinese clubmossHuperzia chinensisLycopodiaceae
- Pacific clubmossHuperzia haleakalaeLycopodiaceae
- Huperzia suberectaLycopodiaceae
- Appalachian clubmossHuperzia appalachianaLycopodiaceae
- Huperzia bucahwangensisLycopodiaceae
- Huperzia chishuiensisLycopodiaceae
- Huperzia crispataLycopodiaceae
- Huperzia delavayiLycopodiaceae
Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.