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lycopod::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | club-moss, club moss |
| Type of | fern ally |
| Has types | mountain clubmoss, shining clubmoss, spike moss, spikemoss, fir clubmoss, ground pine, little club moss, little clubmoss, alpine clubmoss, lycopodium alpinum, lycopodium lucidulum, christmas green, lycopodium selago |
Examples of lycopod
lycopod
There was a spike of fern and lycopod spores immediately after the close of the Permian.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the final years of the Permian period herbaceous lycopod plants reproduced using pollen-like spores clumped into groups of four, rather than single spores.
From the newscientist.com
The swamp-loving lycopod trees of the Carboniferous, such as Lepidodendron and Sigillaria, were progressively replaced in the continental interior by the more advanced seed ferns and early conifers.
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- Club moss: primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
- The Division Lycopodiophyta (sometimes called Lycophyta or Lycopods) is a tracheophyte subdivision of the Kingdom Plantae. It is the oldest extant (living) vascular plant division at around 410 million years old, and includes some of the most "primitive" extant species. ...
- (Lycopods) Lycopodiopsida is a class of plants often loosely grouped as the fern allies, and includes the clubmosses. Lycopodiopsida traditionally included all the clubmosses, including Selaginella and Isoetes. ...
- Lycopods are club mosses, that is, any of an order Lycopodiales of primative vascular plants (as ground pine). Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.)
- Member of a group of plants that includes giant trees in the Carboniferous coal swamp forests and the living club mosses.
