Huperzia australiana
(syn. Lycopodium australianum)
Found in subalpine scrub and alpine herbfields.
Lycopodium scariosum
Found throughout the country on banks and in montane and subalpine areas.
The leaves are flattened into one plane.
Lycopodium volubile
A wiry, scrambling plant, often found in scrub, bush margins and banks. The most common of our lycopods.
Phlegmariurus varius
Syn: Lycopodium varium
This can be epiphytic or terrestrial. It is common throughout the country in lowland or montane forest and subalpine scrub.
Lycopodium fastigatum
The most common of the subalpine clubmosses.
It is usually a bright orange colour when growing at altitude.
The leaves are spirally arranged and curved inwards.
The tall structures are cones bearing the sporangia.
Lycopodium deuterodensum
Common in the upper North Island in bush margins, scrub and regenerating kauri forests.
Lycopodiaceae
A "fern ally”. These are also known as "club mosses".
