Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Lycopodium [1602]

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genus_en: Club moss

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Family: Lycopodiaceae

family_ja: ヒカゲノカズラ

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description_en: Genus of 100 or more species of rhizomatous, evergreen, terrestrial or epiphytic, moss-like perennials, found in most parts of the world in a very wide range of habitats, but mainly in tropical or temperate rainforest or cloud forest. They have erect, pendent, or creeping stems, which are usually repeatedly forked, and bear small, simple, linear-lance-shaped to ovate-triangular leaves, overlapping or in whorls. Spores are produced in the leaf axils, or sometimes in terminal cones on the smaller leaves. Only the epiphytic species are cultivated. In frost-prone areas, grow in a temperate or warm greenhouse. In frost-free climates, grow as epiphytes in shaded, damp sites.

hardiness_en: Frost tender.

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propagation_en: Layer tips of fertile leaves at any time of year. See also p.51.

pests_en: Slugs, snails, or mites may eat the soft, tender tips of growing stems. Fern scale may be a serious problem.

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comment_ja: ヒカゲノカズラ，マンネンスギ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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