Lycopodiaceae - a "fern ally"

These are also known as "club mosses".

Huperzia australiana

(syn. Lycopodium australianum)

Found in subalpine scrub and alpine herbfields.

Lycopodium deuterodensum

Common in the upper North Island in bush margins, scrub and regenerating kauri forests.

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 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.

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