''Phlegmariurus nutans'',
synonym
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''Huperzia nutans'', known as wawaeiole or nodding clubmoss, is a species of
club moss in the family
Lycopodiaceae. It is
endemic to
wet forests and cliffside shrublands on the islands of
Oahu and
Kauai
Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest island ...
in
Hawaii.
It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
nutans
Plants described in 1944
Endemic flora of Hawaii
Critically endangered plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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