Groundcedar (Lycopodium complanatum L.)
Also known as northern running-pine, creeping jenny; also classified as Diphasiastrum complanatum (L.) Holub.
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↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native or Not Present | |
| Native |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This species is also native to Canada and Alaska, and beyond into Eurasia. We have yet to build the portion of its map in Canada and Alaska.
↑Notes
We recommend against the use of the common name "creeping jenny" because it more-frequently refers to the introduced (and often invasive) broadleaf plant creeping jenny (Lysimachia nummularia).
↑Links & External Resources
• Lycopodium complanatum (groundcedar) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Diphasiastrum complanatum | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Diphasiastrum complanatum | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Lycopodium complanatum | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Diphasiastrum complanatum | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Lycopodium complanatum L. | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
