DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Lycopodium obscurum | Ground Pine 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The distribution of ground pine is circumpolar and transcontinental in
boreal North America.  It is distributed south to Washington, northern
Idaho, northwest Montana, Indiana, Alabama, and North Carolina [13].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES22  Western white pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce


STATES : 
     AK  AL  CT  ID  IN  KY  MA  ME  MI  MN
     MT  NC  NH  NJ  NY  OH  PA  RI  TN  VA
     VT  WA  WI  AB  BC  MB  NB  ON  PQ  SK


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  APIS  BISO  BLRI  CACO  CUGA
     CUVA  DEWA  GATE  GLAC  GRSM  INDU
     ISRO  JOFL  MORR  NOCA  OBRI  PIRO
     RICH  SARA  SHEN  SLBE  VOYA  YUCH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K013  Cedar - hemlock - pine forest
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest
   K096  Northeastern spruce - fir forest
   K099  Maple - basswood forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K106  Northern hardwoods


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     1  Jack pine
     5  Balsam fir
    12  Black spruce
    15  Red pine
    21  Eastern white pine
    22  White pine - hemlock
    23  Eastern hemlock
    24  Hemlock - yellow birch
    25  Sugar maple - beech - yellow birch
    26  Sugar maple - basswood
    60  Beech - sugar maple
   215  Western white pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Ground pine occurs in cool, boreal forests.  It has not been listed as a
community dominant.  It is listed as an indicator of cool temperature
climates, fresh and very moist soils, nitrogen-poor soils, and Mor humus
(compacted forest floors) [13].

Related categories for Species: Lycopodium obscurum | Ground Pine