Diphasiastrum digitatum

type

IMAGE

Ground Cedar

club-moss
species

size

<1

cut

decid.

evergreen

garden

no

ID tips

Flat cross-section branches tend to form swirl in horizontal plane

Medium green, not bluish-grey

Shallow rhizome = if you tug one plant, adjacent ones move also

where

ME
NH
VT
MA
RI
CT
click
C
C
C
C
C
C

for key

Comment

Tropophylls 4-ranked;

tiny leaflets on lower surface are too short to reach base of next one

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