Diphasiastrum complanatum

Diphasiastrum complanatum
Conservation status

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Diphasiastrum
Species: D. complanatum
Binomial name
Diphasiastrum complanatum
(L.) Holub

Diphasiastrum complanatum (L.) Holub (Northern Running-pine, syn. Lycopodium complanatum L.; Diphasium complanatum (L.) Rothm.) is a species of clubmoss native to dry coniferous forests throughout the Holarctic Kingdom. Under the original name Lycopodium complanatum, this was an inclusive superspecies that included a number of other species now known to be biologically separate.

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