Lycophyta (lycopods)

• free-living sporophyte and gametophytes
• leaves and roots different from other land plants
• in the geologic past (ca 300 MYA), the lycopods were the dominant floral elements with large, expansive swamp-forests of lycopods. Much of the coal and oil found today were formed from the extensive growth of these plants

Lycopodium clavatum	Lycopodium selago	Selaginella lepidophylla