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§1 Plant

Huperzia porophila (Lloyd & Underw.) Holub

vernacular rock clubmoss — species · Lycopodiaceae


USDA
HUPO2
GBIF
2688531
Rank
species
rock clubmoss (Huperzia porophila)
Platephotograph · Michael Graziano source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Lycopod
Family
Lycopodiaceae P. Beauv. ex Mirb.
Genus
Huperzia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 105 counties across 16 states/territories
Legend Native · 105 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 105 counties across 16 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 4 N
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 30 N
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N
Missouri view state ↗ 6 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N
Ohio view state ↗ 14 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 11 N
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 14 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/HUPO2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2688531 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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