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northern firmoss

Huperzia selago

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) petri_kuhno, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	40,043
Alaska	39,353
Canada	2,023
Russia	676
United Kingdom	618
Austria	556
Ontario	551
Quebec	471
Scotland	363
Ukraine	265

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
Cultural useListed as having cultural uses such as ritual, religious, psychoactive, contraceptive, abortifacient, smoking, or masticatory uses.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
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

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

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Practise northern firmoss with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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