VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Lycopodium annotinum | Stiff Clubmoss 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Stiff clubmoss is occasionally eaten by moose from May through October
on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska [29].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
Spores of the genus Lycopodium have been used as baby powder and as an
inflammable powder for flash photography [43].  Native Americans used
the spores to stop nosebleeds and bleeding from wounds.  Some clubmosses
(Lycopodium spp.) contain poisonous alkaloids that can cause pain in the
mouth, vomiting, and diarrhea when ingested [34].  Stiff clubmoss makes
an attractive ground cover throughout the year but is rarely
transplanted successfully [21].


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Stiff clubmoss in open white spruce/alder/cloudberry/feathermoss
(Pleurozium spp.) communities in Alaska had the following cover (c) and
frequency (f) percentages after three silvicultural treatments [7]:

            pre-        clearcut(no burn)    shelterwood    shelterwood
            treatment                         14m spacing    9m spacing
             c/f             c/f                 c/f            c/f
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year 1      0.1/4.0           +/2.0               --             --
year 2                      0.1/3.0               --          0.9/10.0


(+ designates present; -- designates not present)

Stiff clubmoss declined in cover and constancy after logging and site
preparation in the sub-boreal spruce zone of British Columbia [17].

Related categories for Species: Lycopodium annotinum | Stiff Clubmoss