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Diphasiastrum alpinum
Also called Alpine Ground Cedar, Alpine Ground Pine
Diphasiastrum alpinum, the alpine clubmoss, is a species of clubmoss. This plant is a glaucous scale-leaved perennial pteridophyte. In Finland, the spores are produced June to September. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his Flora Lapponica, 1737, from specimens obtained in Finland.
It has a circumpolar distribution across much of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere: much of Canada, the northwestern United States, northern and central Europe, Russia, China and Japan. It is an indicator of alpine tundra and boreal climates. It is found in mountains and moors often with Calluna and grasses.
Complanate clubmoss · Fan Clubmoss · Diphasiastrum issleri · Diphasiastrum multispicatum · Savinleaf Groundpine · Alaskan Clubmoss · Deeproot Clubmoss · Clubmoss
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