Cassiope lycopodioides D.Don

Clubmoss mountain heather (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Cassiope

Characteristics

Stems prostrate to weakly ascending, forming loose mats, hairy. Leaves not or somewhat imbricate, closely appressed to stem, not strongly 4-ranked; blade linear-lanceolate, abaxial groove absent, 2-3 × 0.5-1.2 mm, margins conspicuously scarious, curled hairs present at leaf tips (at least on young leaves), abaxial base and adaxial surface hairy. Flowers: sepals 1.5-2 mm, margins hyaline; petals connate for ca. 1/2 their lengths, tips recurved, corolla white, campanulate, 6-8 mm; stamens to 3 mm. Capsules ca. 3 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.08
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Cassiope lycopodioides unspecified picture

Distribution

Cassiope lycopodioides world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327318-1
WFO ID wfo-0000589557
COL ID RN8W
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Andromeda lycopodioides Cassiope lycopodioides Ericoides lycopodiodes Erica lycopodioides

Lower taxons

Cassiope lycopodioides var. cristapilosa