Clubmosses: Family Lycopodiaceae
Division: Lycopodiophyta, Class: Lycopodiopsida, Order: Lycopodiales
Clubmosses are herbaceous, evergreen, spore-producing plants, usually prostrate with branching stems and small simple leaves with a single midrib. L.clavatum is found on moors heaths and mountains of the north of Britain and is the most widespread British clubmoss. It has spirally arranged leaves, 3-7mm long with white hair points and stalked cones, the stalks often branched.
Images here taken on The Cairnwell, nr Braemar, early May
Images here taken on The Cairnwell, nr Braemar, early May