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lycophyte
Club moss (Lycopodium annotinum).
Lepidodendron was an extinct genus of tree-sized lycopsid plants that thrived during the Carboniferous Period. These plants were capable of growing up to 40 meters (130 feet) in height and reached diameters of up to 2 meters (about 7 feet).1