Diphasiastrum complanatum
Usually Clubmoss ( Diphasiastrum complanatum )
The Ordinary Clubmoss ( Diphasiastrum complanatum ) is a plant from the family of club mosses ( Lycopodiaceae ), often complanatum as Lycopodium in the genre of club mosses ( Lycopodium ) is provided.
Description
The perennials grow to a creeping shoots, which rests on the ground or crawls under loose material. From this rise to branched side shoots. This usually reach heights of 10 cm. However, since the main stem can be significantly longer, the overall size of the plant can fluctuate considerably. The axes of the side shoots are on the flanks of a significantly wider, so they are generally flattened.
The leaves are four lines on the stems and are sessile, and not kneeling at the bottom at the widest. The edge sheets are not or only slightly bent downwards. The leaves on the bottom of the rung are very small.
The ears, which carry the Sporophylle are 15-20 mm long and not or short-stalked.
Distribution and habitat requirements
The Ordinary Clubmoss not growing in soil of coniferous forests and dwarf shrub heath, but in the high mountains.
He is zirkumboreal distributed in the temperate and arctic latitudes and in the mountains of the tropics. Its circulation area covers Europe, North America, Middle East, Siberia, East Asia, India, Sri Lanka, the Malay Archipelago and the Philippines.