Lycopodium complanatum L., 1753 22% complete

Christmas green

Sp. Pl.: 1104 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded7 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 1104 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Christmas green No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 14 cm
  • 13.65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 116, 164, 178, 500, 918, 925
Differs from sources
Biological type chamaephyte
  • chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Maximum height 15 cm
  • 15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 116, 164, 178, 500, 918, 925
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 158 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 178, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record