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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Lycopodium lucidulum tryonii
 
 
 CLASS:    AGLOSSOPSIDA
 ORDER:    LYCOPODIALES
 FAMILY:   LYCOPODIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Lycopodium lucidulum tryonii
 AUTHORITY:  Michx.
 SUBSPECIFIC AUTHORITY: Mohlenbrock
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    SHINING CLUBMOSS
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: LYLU
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
           SANDSTONE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   JACKSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Fern-allies
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Other
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:           No
    FRUIT:   No
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Distinguishing characters include entire leaves.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Unisexual
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in shaded ravines.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  NO
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Lycopodium lucidulum tryonii
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015