Huperzia is a
genus of
Lycophyte plants, sometimes known as the
firmosses or
fir clubmosses. This genus was originally included in the related genus
Lycopodium, from which it differs in having undifferentiated sporangial leaves, and the sporangia not formed into apical cones. The common name
firmoss, used for some of the north temperate species, refers to their superficial resemblance to branches of
fir (
Abies), a
conifer. In Australia, the epiphytic species are commonly known as
tassel ferns.