Lycopodium annotinum subsp. annotinum Linnaeus 1753

Lycopodium annotinum annotinum Linnaeus 1753 = Spinulum annotinum (L.) A. Haines subsp. annotinum Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: UPH-00002335; occurrenceRemarks: inside of Picea abies forest; recordNumber: 21; recordedBy: Naim Berisha; individualCount: 30; occurrenceStatus: Present; occurrenceID: AA0930AE-8338-5A0A-85D5-695727FC1EC3; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304983-2; scientificNameID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304983-2; acceptedNameUsage: Lycopodium annotinum L. subsp. annotinum; parentNameUsage: Lycopodiaceae; originalNameUsage: Spinulum annotinum (L.) A. Haines subsp. annotinum; nameAccordingTo: Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Raab-Straube, E. von 2013 +: Lycopodiophytina. – In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Tracheophyta; class: Lycopodiopsida; order: Lycopodiales; family: Lycopodiaceae; genus: Lycopodium; specificEpithet: annotinum; taxonRank: subspecies; scientificNameAuthorship: (L.) A. Haines; nomenclaturalCode: IPNI; taxonomicStatus: Accepted; Location: higherGeographyID: SE Europe; higherGeography: SE Europe; continent: Europe; country: Kosovo; countryCode: XK; stateProvince: Peja; county: Istog; municipality: Istog; locality: Albanian Alps of Kosovo - Mokna Mt.; verbatimLocality: Mokna; verbatimElevation: 1551 m; locationRemarks: Albanian Alps of Kosovo - Mokna Mt., inside of Picea abies forest: 42.908297°N, 20.547309°E - at 1551 m a. s. l. 16 Nov. 2025. Leg.: Naim Berisha & Fadil Millaku.; verbatimCoordinates: 42.908297°N, 20.547309°E; coordinatePrecision: 2; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Naim Berisha; dateIdentified: 2025; identificationReferences: Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M., Webb, D. A. (1964): Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge University Press.; Event: eventDate: 16/11/2025; habitat: Picea abies forest, moist. Taxon discussion This taxon has not previously been reported for the flora of Kosovo; thus, it represents the first verified record of the species in Kosovo. The present record is based on field-collected material that was taxonomically verified using current regional floras and compared with herbarium material from UPH. Its occurrence extends the known distribution range of the species in the central Balkans and contributes to completing the floristic knowledge of Kosovo. No earlier confirmed records exist in the national or regional literature. Notes This taxon was recorded in Mokna Mt.; it is thriving in moist, shaded microhabitats within Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) forest; growing near wet rocks with abundant bryophytes (Fig. 1 a). Concerning its chorology, it is a Boreal – montane Eurasian species, which, in the Balkans, is mainly confined to high-elevation coniferous forests. Its presence suggests suitable microrefugial conditions in upper-montane coniferous forests.