interrupted clubmoss
interrupted clubmoss noun: lycopodium annotinum, a club moss of the family Lycopodiaceae common throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Noun
interrupted clubmoss (uncountable)
- Lycopodium annotinum, a club moss of the family Lycopodiaceae common throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
- Bowfell is not among the places he must visit, but viviparous alpine bistort grows there at over 1,800ft, and there is also interrupted clubmoss, which grows too in Rossett Ghyll and up Great Langdale on the grassy slopes among damp rocks.1973, Eric Hardy, The Naturalist in Lakeland, page 70
- Among the species which best characterise the undergrowth of conifers, on acid humus - and therefore in particular, but not only, in spruce woods - is the creeping and common interrupted clubmoss (Lycopodium annotinum).2007, Lucio Bonato, Alessandro Minelli, Mountain conifer forests: a mantle of fine green needles, page 20
- Synonyms:
- stiff clubmoss
Synonyms of interrupted clubmoss
- stiff clubmoss
Forms of interrupted clubmoss
| alternative form | interrupted club moss |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Interrupted Clubmoss |
Questions about interrupted clubmoss
- What does interrupted clubmoss mean?
- Interrupted clubmoss means lycopodium annotinum, a club moss of the family Lycopodiaceae common throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
- What part of speech is interrupted clubmoss?
- Interrupted clubmoss is a noun.
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