How to Grow and Care for Spinulum

Interrupted clubmoss (Spinulum annotinum) is a common club-moss species that grows throughout colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. Interrupted clubmoss spreads through horizontal stems that run parallel with the ground. This species grows in forests and on mountains.

Interrupted clubmoss got its name from the small notches or "interruptions" that mark the stem of the plant — these denote the beginning of growth from each preceding year. Stiff clubmoss is native to North America, the native tribes of these lands gave this plant their own name, Siqpiijautit, literally meaning "that which is used to remove eye gunk," thanks to the pointiness of the cones which were used for such purposes.