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The Ground cedar (Lycopodium complanatum) belongs to Lycopodiaceae (the Club moss family). It is an evergreen fern that is native northward from Kinki-district of Honshu to Hokkaido, as well as the Korean Peninsula, China, Europe and North America. This fern grows in montane grasslands, scrubs and screes. The main stems crawl on the ground and can reach about 1 m long. The lateral branches are flat, much diverged and upright. The small leaves are closely-attached on the stems, and arranged in four rows. The Japanese name is derived from the shape of the side branches, which resemble twigs of the "Asunaro" (Thujopsis dolabrata). It is called "扁枝石松" (bian zhi shi song) in Chinese.
In Korean, it's called "pi-nul-seok-song" (비늘석송). This is a compound word consisting of "scale" (pi-nul: 비늘) and "Common club moss" (seok-song: 석송).
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