Genus: Dendrolycopodium — tree-clubmoss

This genus has sporophylls grouped in a stalked, terminal strobilus (compare with Huperzia). In hybrids, morphology of sterile leaves (trophophylls), leaf arrangement and leaf divergence angle may show characteristics intermediate between the parent species (Hickey 1978).

Family

Lycopodiaceae (club moss family)

This genus’s species in New England

• Dendrolycopodium dendroideum
• Dendrolycopodium hickeyi
• Dendrolycopodium obscurum

Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key

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