OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Diphasiastrum digitatum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium digitatum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Diphasiastrum digitatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-010:

Lycopodium flabelliforme   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Lycopodium flabelliforme

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine


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image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm170103_055

January    Greenville County    SC

image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm070325_004

March    Greenville County    SC

Multi-branched vertical stems have fan-shaped branches in a horizontal plane, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

JK Marlow    s070325_a

March    Greenville County    SC

Digitatum means "with branchlets radiating... like long fingers", per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm160504_436

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

Here next to Dendrolycopodium obscurum (Lycopodium obscurum).

image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm220525_8016

May    Greenville County    SC

Green Mountain Preserve

Vertical stems arise from horizontal stems on or just below soil surface, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm220525_8081

May    Greenville County    SC

Green Mountain Preserve

Foliage is a rich green, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).

image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

Keith Bradley    kab_d_digitatum_77823

June    McDowell County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Lateral branches fanlike, flattened in cross-section, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmddigitatum_brp2341

June    Alleghaney County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Stalk usually twice forked, bearing 2-4 strobili in a false whorl, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm0007b_20

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Diphasiastrum digitatum, Southern Ground-cedar, Common Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine, Running Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm130927_597

September    Jackson County    NC

Horizontal stems creeping on soil surface or in leaf litter, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Diphasiastrum digitatum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium digitatum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Diphasiastrum digitatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-010:
Lycopodium flabelliforme   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium flabelliforme

 

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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to mesic, usually acid forests and openings, especially common in disturbed sites, such as successional pine forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - tiny
Leaves 4-ranked, upper and lower ranks smaller than lateral

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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