Diphasiastrum digitatum

Club Moss Family - Lycopodiaceae

With numerous small overlapping scale-like leaves, there is a resemblance to cedar leaves. Single or forked stalks (2 to 6 inches long) arise from some branches and bear cylindrical spore-bearing cones (strobila). (Photographed - August)

A low plant (3 to 10 inches tall) with many forked branches (flattened in one plane) arising from a main creeping stem either on the ground or just below the surface.

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Southern Ground Cedar     or Southern Running-pine

Southern Ground Cedar     or Southern Running-pine