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Tuesday - September 27, 2011
From: Trussville, AL
Region: Southeast
Topic: Plant Identification
Title: Plant identification of conifer-like low plant in Alabama
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
When walking in woods of Alabama we found a plant that grows along the ground. looks like a conifer about 2 or 3 inches tall, has a trailing vine under the leaves and pops up little sprigs of greenery every 2 inches or so. What the heck is it? Thank you. Trussville, AlabamaANSWER:
This sounds like Lycopodium digitatum (Fan clubmoss). It isn't a flowering plant; instead, it is a relative of the ferns and reproduces by spores. Here are more photos and information.
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