Diphasiastrum tristachyum

Classification	Pteridophytes
Family	Lycopodiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Lycopodiaceae
Genus	Diphasiastrum
Species:	Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Pursh) Holub
Common Name	Ground Cedar; Northern Ground Pine
Growth Habit	fern ally
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: fern ally; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: scale-like; Leaf Venation: one-veined; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: strobilus; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	6
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Lycopodium chamaecyparissus	Lycopodium chamaecyparissus A. Braun
Lycopodium complanatum subsp. chamaecyparissus	Lycopodium complanatum subsp. chamaecyparissus (A. Braun) Nyman
Lycopodium complanatum subsp. chamicyparissus	Lycopodium complanatum subsp. chamicyparissus (A. Braun) Nyman
Lycopodium complanatum var. chamaecyparissus	Lycopodium complanatum var. chamaecyparissus (A. Braun) Döll
Lycopodium complanatum var. chamicyparissus	Lycopodium complanatum var. chamicyparissus (A. Braun) Döll
Lycopodium complanatum var. patentifolium	Lycopodium complanatum var. patentifolium Spring
Lycopodium tristachyum	Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Harlan (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), McCreary (KY), Menifee (KY), Powell (KY), Rowan (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Benton (TN), Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Marion (TN), Morgan (TN), Pickett (TN), Putnam (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Wayne (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1929 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100719937	Letcher	Kentucky	05 Oct 1978	Rich Hannan KEP-01-019-00700	EKY Lycopodium tristachyum
31234100461076	Powell	Kentucky	14 Jul 1985	R.C. Clark 21022	EKY Diphasiastrum tristachyum
ETSU000090		Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU000093		Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU000091	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000395	Unicoi	Tennessee	20 Apr 1969	Ron Pearman, Charles R. Smith	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000403	Unicoi	Tennessee	12 Mar 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-073	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0001269	Bell	Kentucky	20 Aug 1984	L. Pounds	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000396	Unicoi	Tennessee	07 Sep 1976	A. M. Evans	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0001263	Sevier	Tennessee	09 Aug 1929	S.A. Caine.	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000397	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Aug 1990	A. J. Sharp, Hoyle Biggham 3	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
UCHT000069		Tennessee	00 August 1930	E. McGilliard	UCHT Diphasiastrum tristachyum
HTTU021777	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU033018	Carter	Tennessee	18 Oct 2013	Frosty Levy 13818	ETSU Diphasiastrum tristachyum
31234100773736	Powell	Kentucky	05 Jun 1989	Ross C. Clark 22443	EKY Diphasiastrum tristachyum
31234100020450	Powell	Kentucky	03 May 2005	Timothy J. Weckman 9217	EKY Lycopodium tristachyum
BEREA000318	Letcher	Kentucky			BEREA Diphasiastrum tristachyum
MDKY00001637	Menifee	Kentucky			MDKY Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000381	Cumberland	Tennessee	14 Oct 1966	A, M. Evans 2278	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000406	Unicoi	Tennessee	19 May 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-104	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000394	Unicoi	Tennessee	29 Mar 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-079	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000412	Van Buren	Tennessee	19 Sep 1935	A. J. Sharp, J.K.U. 2964	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000400	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Oct 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-148	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000378	Cocke	Tennessee	25 Apr 1997	R. Dale Thomas with Suzanne T. Spell 153,939	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000393	Unicoi	Tennessee	14 Oct 1951	Frank and Sarah Woods 16550	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU033024	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Diphasiastrum tristachyum
ETSU033022	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Diphasiastrum tristachyum
ETSU033023	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Diphasiastrum tristachyum
N/A	Menifee	Kentucky	25 Apr 1989	Ross C. Clark 22200	EKY Diphasiastrum tristachyum
31973000004344	Letcher	Kentucky	15 Apr 1978	Thieret, John 50341l	KNK Diphasiastrum tristachyum
TENN-V-0000380	Cumberland	Tennessee	14 Oct 1966	A.M. Evans, Tony Gore, Ken Rogers, E.E.C. Clebsch, Bill Martin 40979	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000383	Cumberland	Tennessee	05 Oct 1949	RES, FWW, EFC 14080	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000386	Morgan	Tennessee	01 Oct 1981	Thomas S. Patrick, Paul A. Schralzer 3192	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000375	Carter	Tennessee	17 Oct 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-173	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000390	Scott	Tennessee	22 Jun 1947	A.J. Sharp, R.E. Shanks, E. Clebsch 3974	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
UCHT000068	Sevier	Tennessee	25 Apr 2011	Joey Shaw, & Ed Lickey	UCHT Diphasiastrum tristachyum
UCHT000073	Marion	Tennessee	04 Oct 1998	John Beck 2956	UCHT Diphasiastrum tristachyum
SWMT05488	Benton	Tennessee	03 Aug 1984	Brent Hedges 279	SWMT Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU008903	Unicoi	Tennessee	27 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Lycopodium tristachyum
MEM011368	Pickett	Tennessee	29 Apr 1967	Alma Warrington 55	MEM Lycopodium tristachyum
31234100773702	Menifee	Kentucky	25 Apr 1989	Ross C. Clark 22200	EKY Diphasiastrum tristachyum
TENN-V-0000385	Morgan	Tennessee	24 Aug 1947	R.H. Norris and R.E. Shanks 7382	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000389	Scott	Tennessee	26 May 1979	Mark Whitten, Tom Patrick, Dennis Horn Whitten 742	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000373	Blount	Tennessee	29 Jun 1930	Stanley A. Cain	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000372	Blount	Tennessee	28 Apr 1989	R. Dale Thomas 109,594	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000407	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Dec 1969	A. M. Evans, Jerry C. Odenwelder 20	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000401	Unicoi	Tennessee	22 Nov 1970	Jerry C. Odenwelder 3	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000409	Van Buren	Tennessee	19 Jul 1935	AJS - JKU 4106	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
UCHT006094	Wayne	Tennessee			UCHT Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU027129	Unicoi	Tennessee	08 Jul 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18199	ETSU Diphasiastrum tristachyum
31234100194610	McCreary	Kentucky	20 May 1980	Rob Jacobs 141804	EKY Lycopodium tristachyum
31234100194602	Laurel	Kentucky	24 May 1989	Ralph L. Thompson 89-707	EKY Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU000092		Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU000058	Pickett	Tennessee			ETSU Diphasiastrum tristachyum
TENN-V-0000399	Unicoi	Tennessee	14 Oct 1951	Frank & Sarah Woods 16530	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000402	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Jan 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-068	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000414	Van Buren	Tennessee	14 Apr 1957	H.A. Sierk 21850	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000408	Unicoi	Tennessee	09 Sep 1937	Nathan H. Woodsruff	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0001245	Franklin	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000382	Cumberland	Tennessee	13 Oct 1962	Maxine Adams 31188	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU033020	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Diphasiastrum tristachyum
N/A	Powell	Kentucky	07 Jul 1985	S. L. Weber 117	EKY Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU000088		Tennessee			ETSU Lycopodium tristachyum
MDKY00001636	Menifee	Kentucky			MDKY Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000387	Grundy	Tennessee	15 Sep 1977	A. M. Evans 77-292	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000376	Carter	Tennessee	25 Sep 1980	A.M. Evans 4268	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000411	Van Buren	Tennessee	16 April	S. A. Cain, A. J. Sharp 4327	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000416	Van Buren	Tennessee	30 Aug 1945	Jamison and Shaver 4027	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
BRIT222032	McCreary	Kentucky	04 May 1950	Louis H. Jordal 3459	VDB Lycopodium tristachyum
ETSU031955	Unicoi	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Diphasiastrum tristachyum
31234100461084	Powell	Kentucky	20 Jun 1987	R. Clark 94	EKY Diphasiastrum tristachyum
N/A	Menifee	Kentucky	25 Apr 1989	Ross C. Clark 22200	EKY Diphasiastrum tristachyum
ETSU000089	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Diphasiastrum tristachyum
TENN-V-0000391	Sevier	Tennessee	18 Aug 1964	R. Dale Thomas	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000384	Cumberland	Tennessee	11 Oct 1966	A.M Evans, Tony Gore, Ken E. Rogers, Bill Martin, E.E,E C. Clebsch 10979	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000405	Unicoi	Tennessee	29 Mar 1971	Jerry C. Odenwelder 71-079	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000377	Cocke	Tennessee	25 Jul 1955	J.A. Chapman 151	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000410	Van Buren	Tennessee	02 May 1947	R. E. Shanks, N. H. Russel, H. H. Iltis 3261	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000413	Van Buren	Tennessee	14 Apr 1957	Nieva Veloira.	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000392	Sevier	Tennessee	09 Jul 1965	Dale Thomas s.n.	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000379	Cocke	Tennessee	24 Apr 1953	J. A. Chapman 17319	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
UCHT034431	Wayne	Tennessee			UCHT Lycopodium tristachyum
31234100461068	Powell	Kentucky	14 Jul 1985	P. Froelich 166	EKY Diphasiastrum tristachyum
31234100020468	Harlan	Kentucky	29 Aug 1993	Judith E. Rozeman 694	EKY Lycopodium tristachyum
31973000004343	Menifee	Kentucky	10 Nov 1996	Risk, Allen 8831	KNK Diphasiastrum tristachyum
MDKY00001638	Whitley	Kentucky			MDKY Lycopodium tristachyum
MDKY00001639	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000374	Blount	Tennessee	09 Jul 1965	R. Dale Thomas 151	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000398	Unicoi	Tennessee	07 Jul 1955	Charlotte Lyle 19614	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000388	Pickett	Tennessee	06 Aug 1990	V. E. McNeilus 90-767	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000415	Van Buren	Tennessee	29 Jun 1947	R.E. Shanks, A.J. Sharp, E. Clebsch 4513	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0000404	Unicoi	Tennessee	10 Apr 1970	Jerry C. Odenwelder	TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
UCHT006095	Morgan	Tennessee			UCHT Lycopodium tristachyum
TENN-V-0244119	Wayne	Tennessee			TENN Lycopodium tristachyum
MEM001654	Wolfe	Kentucky	14 Jun 1961	Thomas N. McCoy s.n.	MEM Lycopodium tristachyum

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