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Crowsfoot This clubmoss has glossy, evergreen leaves that are scale-like and appressed - like a mature cedar. It normally grows to a height of about 10 cm, with the spore-bearing strobili at the top. <br />
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This plant was once widely harvested and sold as Christmas greenery, which widely depleted populations. However, it has recovered throughout its range and makes large clonal colonies that carpet the forest floor. Diphasiastrum digitatum,Geotagged,Spring,United States,clubmoss,crowsfoot,diphasiastrum digitatum,ground cedar,groundcedar,running cedar Click/tap to enlarge

Crowsfoot

This clubmoss has glossy, evergreen leaves that are scale-like and appressed - like a mature cedar. It normally grows to a height of about 10 cm, with the spore-bearing strobili at the top.

This plant was once widely harvested and sold as Christmas greenery, which widely depleted populations. However, it has recovered throughout its range and makes large clonal colonies that carpet the forest floor.

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''Diphasiastrum digitatum'' is known as groundcedar, running cedar or crowsfoot, along with other members of its genus, but the common name fan clubmoss can be used to refer to it specifically. It is the most common species of ''Diphasiastrum'' in North America.

Similar species: Lycopodiales
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Apr 24, 2018. Captured Apr 21, 2018 13:00 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/395s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm