shining firmoss

Huperzia lucidula (also called the shining firmoss or shining clubmoss) is a bright, evergreen, rhizomatous clubmoss of the genus Huperzia.

They grow in loose tufts 14–20 cm long, occasionally up to 1 m long. The leaves are 7–11 mm long (shorter, 3–6 mm, at annual nodes) and narrow, lance-shaped, shiny, and evergreen. The edges are irregularly “toothed” with small serrations. The sporangia (spore cases) are nestled in the bases of the upper leaves. The roots of this plant grow from a creeping and branching underground rhizome.