1. A variety of club moss, commonly called ground pine, prince's pine, or princess pine (Lycopodium obscurum)
   "tree clubmoss created an evergreen carpet beneath the trees";
   - ground fir, princess pine, Lycopodium obscurum

1. A variety of club moss, also known as shining firmoss (Lycopodium lucidulum)
   "Shining clubmoss carpeted the forest floor";
   - Lycopodium lucidulum

1. Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
   "The ground pine is a type of club-moss often used in holiday decorations";
   - club moss, lycopod

1. A variety of club moss which occurs throughout northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere (Lycopodium alpinum)
   "Alpine clubmoss survived well in the harsh mountain environment";
   - Lycopodium alpinum

1. Of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature fir
   "Fir clubmoss created a tiny forest effect in the rock garden"; "mountain clubmoss created a tiny forest effect in the rock garden"; "little clubmoss created a tiny forest effect in the rock garden";
   - fir clubmoss, little clubmoss, Lycopodium selago

1. A family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales
   "The clubmoss family includes many primitive vascular plants";
   - Lycopodiaceae, family Lycopodiaceae

1. Ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States
   "Foxtail clubmoss carpeted the damp coastal soil";
   - Lycopodium alopecuroides, Lycopodiella alopecuroides

Derived forms: club-mosses, club mosses

Type of: Christmas green, fern ally, fern family, ground pine

Part of: class Lycopodiate, class Lycopsida, Lycopodiales, Lycopodiate, Lycopsida, order Lycopodiales

Encyclopedia: Shining clubmoss