Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dillenius ex A. Braun) Holub. Common name: Southern Running-Cedar, Common Running-Cedar, Fan Ground-Pine, Turkeyfoot, Silver-pine. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Dry to mesic, usually acid forests and openings, especially common in disturbed sites, such as successional pine forests. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) west to MN, south to SC, GA, AL, MS, and AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Hickey & Beitel (1979) and Holub (1975a, 1975b) explain the nomenclatural reasons for accepting the epithet ‘digitatum’ over ‘flabelliforme’.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA2, Il, K4, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, Haines (2003a); = Lycopodium complanatum L. var. flabelliforme Fernald — F, G, Tat; = Lycopodium digitatum Dill. ex A.Braun — C, Mo1, NS, POWO, W; = Lycopodium flabelliforme (Fernald) Blanch. — Md, RAB, Sf, WV, Wilce (1965); < Lycopodium complanatum L. — S13. Basionym: Lycopodium digitatum Dill. ex A.Braun 1848
Links to other floras: = Diphasiastrum digitatum - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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