Translations:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Ferns/30/en
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Club moss is a term that describes the botanical family Lycopodiaceae (a family is one level up the hierarchy from the genus). Club mosses bear spores on specialized structures at the apex of a shoot; they resemble a tiny battle club, from which the common name derives. They are non-flowering and do not produce seeds.
- Lycopodium clavatum (Ground pine)
- This plant resembles a tiny pine tree. It grows in forests and sends runners underground form whence other plants spring.
- Lycopodium serratum (Toothed clubmoss)
- This plant is similar in appearance to L. clavatum. It prefers sandy to loamy soils in dappled or deep shade. The water-repellant spores can be used as a lubricant to keep things from sticking together.
- Lycopodium squarrosum (Tassle fern)
- These plants are also not true ferns. They are also similar to L. clavatum, but they have "branches" which hang from above somewhat like a weeping willow.
