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Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes)
Clubmosses and Quillworts (Lycophytes)
Lycopodium
Main stems procumbent, not flattened, lateral and fertile stems erect; leaves in spirals or whorls; sporangia on reduced leaves in cones.

3 species in Britain (one only recently identified in Britain), 1 in Ireland. Some botanists classify all clubmosses together as Lycopodium.
Lycopodium annotinum Interrupted clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum thumbnail, link to L. annotinum page
Lycopodium clavatum Stagshorn Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum thumbnail, link to L. clavatum page
Lycopodium lagopus Arctic Stagshorn Clubmoss Lycopodium lagopus thumbnail, link to L. lagopus page
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