clubmoss
Ancient low-growing plant
Clubmosses are low-growing evergreen plants that spread along the ground, resembling tiny conifers or mosses but belonging to neither group.
They're among the oldest land plants, with fossil relatives that once grew tree-sized.
The "club" refers to their cylindrical spore-bearing structures.
Also called ground pine or lycopod.
Genus of spikemoss plants
- sporangiaSpore-bearing plant organs
- gametophyteHaploid reproductive generation
- vascularOf blood vessels
- nonfloweringBearing no blooms
rhizome · dichotomous · evergreen · perennial · herbaceous
Coal-depositing geological period
- PaleozoicEarly complex-life epoch
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- primordialExisting from the start
Devonian · petrified · fossilized · primitive · ancestral · relict · living-fossil · evolutionary
Forest's lower vegetation tier
humus · temperate · boreal · alpine · ravine · streambank · damp · groundcover
Branching cervid headgear
Art of explosive displays
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition
- folk-medicineTraditional healing without doctors
Selaginella
Genus of spikemoss plants
- sporangiaSpore-bearing plant organs
- gametophyteHaploid reproductive generation
- vascularOf blood vessels
nonflowering · rhizome · dichotomous · evergreen · perennial · herbaceous
Carboniferous
Coal-depositing geological period
- PaleozoicEarly complex-life epoch
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
primordial · Devonian · petrified · fossilized · primitive · ancestral · relict · living-fossil · evolutionary
understory
Forest's lower vegetation tier
moist · humus · temperate · boreal · alpine · ravine · streambank · damp · groundcover · carpet
staghorn
Branching cervid headgear
pyrotechnics
Art of explosive displays
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition