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Diphasiastrum digitatum [= Lycopodium digitatum]

Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine

Scientific Name:

Diphasiastrum digitatum [= Lycopodium digitatum]

Genus:

Diphasiastrum

Species Epithet:

digitatum

Common Name:

Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine

Plant Type

Fern/Clubmoss/Allies

Life Cycle

Perennial

Plant Family

Lycopodiaceae (Clubmoss Family)

Native/Alien:

NC Native

Size:

0-1 ft.

Light:

Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day, Less than 2 hours of sun per day

Soil Moisture:

Dry, Moist

Bloom Time:

July, August, September

Growing Area:

Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

Habitat Description:

Dry to mesic, usually acid forests and openings, especially common in disturbed sites, such as successional pine forests. Common in NC mountains and Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain.

Leaf Arrangement:

Whorled

Leaf Retention:

Evergreen

Leaf Type:

Leaves needle-like or scale-like

Leaf Form:

Simple

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Wildlife Value:

Has some wildlife value

Landscape Value:

Not Recommended for home landscapes

State Rank:

S5: Secure (*Key)

Global Rank:

G5 - Secure (*Key)

Notes:

This plant is nearly impossible to transplant.

Plant

image

Martha Baskin
Nantahal, NC

Strobili

image

Tom Harville
March

The sterile branchlets are horizontal to ascending, and branch dichotomously.

Person County, NC

The Scientific Name is Diphasiastrum digitatum [= Lycopodium digitatum]. You will likely hear them called Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine. This picture shows the The sterile branchlets are horizontal to ascending, and branch dichotomously. of Diphasiastrum digitatum [= Lycopodium digitatum]

Bettina Darveaux

The fertile branchlets are erect and terminate in narrow strobili (cone-like structures) which bear the sporangia.

Person County, NC

The Scientific Name is Diphasiastrum digitatum [= Lycopodium digitatum]. You will likely hear them called Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine. This picture shows the The fertile branchlets are erect and terminate in narrow strobili (cone-like structures) which bear the sporangia. of Diphasiastrum digitatum [= Lycopodium digitatum]

Bettina Darveaux

The plant has horizontal rhizomes which bear vertical stems at intervals - sterile and fertile branchlets.

Person County, NC

The Scientific Name is Diphasiastrum digitatum [= Lycopodium digitatum]. You will likely hear them called Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine. This picture shows the The plant has horizontal rhizomes which bear vertical stems at intervals - sterile and fertile branchlets. of Diphasiastrum digitatum [= Lycopodium digitatum]

Bettina Darveaux

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

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