Lycopodium clavatum L.
Conservation status: C
First record: J Andrews c.1720 Last record: Henslow, 1831
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By the Sinks at Gamlingay Collegi. n.d., but appears to be a very old specimen with label written in ink now brown; annot. in pencil 'Lycopodium clavatum?' J Andrews Hb.10:5,BM.
Lycopodium vulgare. Club-moss or Wolf's-claw. I have seen it also on the heath at Gamlingay. Martyn,1732,2:104.
First found on Gamlingay Heath, by Dr Martyn. Martyn,1763,24.
Gamlingay. In the Bogs. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI.
Lycopordium [sic] clavatum. Gamlingay. On the Heath. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI.
Lycop clavatum G(amlingay) H(eath) G(amlingay) B(ogs) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,290.
Gamlingay Heath. Relhan,1785.
Lycopodium clavatum The seeds are highly inflammable and explode like gunpowder, as all authors mention. Smith,Eng.Bot. (1795) 4:224.
L. clavatum Common Club-moss. Wolf's Claw. Gamlingay Heath. Relhan,1802;1820.
Gamlingay Heath. Henslow ann. 2:425.
Gamlingay, JS Henslow, 18.5.1830, 16.8.1831, det PD Sell, CGE.
Gamlingay, n.c.(Hb Jenyns), 16.8.1831, BATHG.
Gamlingay Heath. Bab.1860,296.
