108 . AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
LYCOPODIACEAE 
The genus Lycopodium is well represented in the Park, 
but only one of the species was seen below timber line 
on the east slope. 
Lycopodium Selago L. Local; above timber line just 
below Sperry Glacier, rather common under bushes and 
in the shade of rocks; also in similar situations at Gun- 
sight Pass; very abundant at Johns Lake in sphagnum. 
At Johns Lake the plants grew chiefly under bushes near 
the edge of the bog, in low mounds of a densely tufted, 
reddish sphagnum (S. fuscwm). The species seems to 
belong to the Arctic-Alpine Zone, for although Johns 
Lake lies at a low altitude, some of the plants found here 
(notably Kalmia microphylla) grow elsewhere only above 
timber line. 
Lycopodium alpinum L. Found only at Snyder Lake; 
occurring rather sparingly just at the edge of a rock slide, 
under blueberry bushes. This species is not known to 
have been collected in the United States previously. 
It is considered an Arctic plant, but at Snyder Lake it 
was growing in the Canadian Zone. When seen from a 
short distance, it bears a striking resemblance in habit 
and color to the creeping cedar (Juniperus horizontalis). 
Lycopodium obscurum L. Seen only near Belton, 
along the road from the railroad station to Lake Me- 
Donald; growing in moss in deep woods of larch, Doug- 
las fir, hemlock, and western white pine. 
Lycopodium annotinum L. Common at middle and 
low altitudes on the west slope, and occasional at middle 
altitudes on the east slope; in dense woods or thickets. 
This is the most widely distributed species of Lyco-. 
podium of the Park, and in some places it is very abun- 
dant. Frequently it forms large mats of loose stems. 
Many of the plants on the west slope are unusually large. 
Lycopodium complanatum L. Frequent on the west 
slope at low altitudes; trailing over the ground in dense 
