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PLANTS

Flat-branched ground-pine

Dendrolycopodium obscurum

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Flat-branched ground-pine, photo 1 of 5
Flat-branched ground-pine, photo 2 of 5
Flat-branched ground-pine, photo 3 of 5

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in forests and in conifers.

There are 7,575 observations of Flat-branched ground-pine in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Outaouais and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in April and May and become rare from December to February.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1,377
  2. Outaouais955
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean844
  4. Côte-Nord663
  5. Mauricie612
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent484
  7. Laurentides440
  8. Nord-du-Québec405
  9. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine390
  10. Estrie321
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches294
  12. Capitale-Nationale261
  13. Lanaudière217
  14. Montérégie160
  15. Centre-du-Québec143
  16. Montréal7
  17. Laval2

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ConifersTaskoff

Similar species

Northern tree-clubmossDendrolycopodium dendroideum
Fan clubmossDiphasiastrum digitatum
Delicate tree-clubmossDendrolycopodium hickeyi
Running clubmossLycopodium clavatum
GroundcedarDiphasiastrum complanatum
Bristly clubmossSpinulum annotinum
PipsissewaChimaphila umbellata
Eastern red-cedarJuniperus virginiana
Eastern white pinePinus strobus
ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis