Southern Indiana Wildflower Walks

Ground-pine Club-moss: Lycopodium obscurum photographed in Owen County While not a flowering plant, it is always a pleasure to see ground-pine on woodland walks. This Club-moss (lycopodium) is an evergreen. The stems grow underground, while the tree-like branches shown here are often the ground-cover amid evergreen trees and ferns. Like the fern, they produce minute spores on spikes rather than seeds. A 1936 Garden Encyclopedia says, “many native species were formerly ruthlessly collected for us as Christmas greens.” Sources: Wildflowers of Indiana Woodlands, by Sylvan T. Runkel and Alvin F. Bull. Copyright 1979, Iowa State University Press

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