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| Notice the spores that spring up at this time of the year. |
Ground cedar or creeping cedar or ground pine is a wild green groundcover. The kind in the picture is I think Lycopodium digitatum. It is supposed to look like a wolf's foot. My mother recently died and the large patch at her house will likely become overgrown or be bulldozed away. It is the only large growth I have seen. Some say it is common, but others say it is rarely found in our part of North Carolina. I do know it is difficult to transplant. I have tried several times with no success. This year I am moving large clumps with the hope it will not notice the new soil. It likes the edge of woods with a touch of moisture and some soil enriched over the years. I tried to weed eat part of the patch so tall weeds would not overshadow the pretty growth. I didn't get that done this year.
