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Running Ground Pine

Lycopodium digitatum)

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Description:

Running-cedar, Fan Ground-pine (Lycopodium digitatum).Running-cedar is an evergreen subshrub that spreads by underground runners. During the summer reproductive structures, called strobili, appear. The strobili bear sporangia, which enclose the spores.

Habitat:

Under conifers

Reference Links:

Running-Cedar, Fan Ground-Pine (Lycopodium digitatum)

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PublishedMarch 28, 2016

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