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shining firmoss
Huperzia lucidula
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
interrupted clubmossSpinulum annotinum
stag's-horn clubmossLycopodium clavatum
rock firmossHuperzia porophila
northern firmossHuperzia selago
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Common Haircap MossPolytrichum commune
prickly tree-clubmossDendrolycopodium dendroideum
mountain firmossHuperzia appressa
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 18,555 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 5,891 |
| Ontario | 3,660 |
| North Carolina | 2,355 |
| New York | 1,613 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,368 |
| Tennessee | 1,139 |
| Vermont | 1,056 |
| New Hampshire | 801 |
| Massachusetts | 788 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Lycopod growth formListed by a harvested source as belonging to the lycopod plant group.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Lycophytes · Lycopodiopsida |
| Order | clubmosses and firmosses · Lycopodiales |
| Family | Clubmosses and Firmosses · Lycopodiaceae |
| Genus | temperate firmosses · Huperzia |
Study it in a deck
- Medicinal Plants of Baltimore County
- Trees of Maryland
- Wetland-associated Species of New Hampshire, United States
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise shining firmoss with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.