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Running cedar

Lycopodium digitatum

Photo by GenavieVeron
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Scaly leaves I've seen it before a million times but I never bothered to identify it

Habitat:

On a forested hill side, oak, maple and birch dominate with aspen and white pine mixed

Species ID Suggestions

Running cedar

Lycopodium digitatum

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Comments (3)
JenKnight
did not know about the flash powder, drP - that's really interesting!
drP
Wikipedia says this is now known as Diphasiastrum digitatum. USDA still calls it L. digitatum. Either way, it's a lovely lycopod. Its spores were used as flash powder for photography in decades past.

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Plants of Pennsylvania
Photographed
PublishedMay 15, 2013

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