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§1 Plant
Lycopodium complanatum L.
vernacular groundcedar — species · Lycopodiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Lycopod
- Family
- Lycopodiaceae P. Beauv. ex Mirb.
- Genus
- Lycopodium
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
County-level range
· 127 counties across 9 states/territories§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 127 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Pine 27115
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Waushara 55137
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LYCO3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3991029 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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