fan clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum)
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Ferns and clubmossesIn Montgomery County, Ohio

Fan clubmoss

Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub

Fan clubmoss in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Genus
Diphasiastrum
Near Montgomery County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 0 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (34)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (47)
  • Recorded, season not shown (7)
  • Season shown (0)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
fan clubmoss by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams County46 · Recorded, season not shown
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Athens County69 · Recorded, season not shown
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yet
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Butler CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clermont County26 · Recorded, season not shown
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yet
Cuyahoga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Darke CountyNo qualifying records yet
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yet
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yet
Franklin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene CountyNo qualifying records yet
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hamilton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hocking County81 · Recorded, season not shown
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lucas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yet
Medina CountyNo qualifying records yet
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyNo qualifying records yet
Monroe CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Montgomery County23 · Recorded, season not shown
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yet
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Noble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ottawa CountyNo qualifying records yet
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pike CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Portage County25 · Recorded, season not shown
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yet
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yet
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yet
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Summit CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Union CountyNo qualifying records yet
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren County22 · Recorded, season not shown
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wayne CountyNo qualifying records yet
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yet

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Montgomery County

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 23 records in 8 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Montgomery County · records of all species each week, 33,949 in all

Records per week from 23 records in 8 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of fan clubmoss in Montgomery County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of fan clubmossYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–1021165
Jan 11–170071
Jan 18–2400156
Jan 25–3100194
Feb 1–700127
Feb 8–1400144
Feb 15–2100124
Feb 22–2832137
Mar 1–700122
Mar 8–1411221
Mar 15–2100272
Mar 22–2800269
Mar 29 – Apr 411482
Apr 5–1100674
Apr 12–1800853
Apr 19–2500812
Apr 26 – May 2111,172
May 3–911849
May 10–1600850
May 17–2300880
May 24–30001,224
May 31 – Jun 6111,255
Jun 7–13001,217
Jun 14–20001,247
Jun 21–27111,015
Jun 28 – Jul 400990
Jul 5–11111,130
Jul 12–18001,190
Jul 19–25001,323
Jul 26 – Aug 111961
Aug 2–8111,177
Aug 9–15001,587
Aug 16–22001,241
Aug 23–29001,131
Aug 30 – Sep 5001,299
Sep 6–12001,342
Sep 13–19001,020
Sep 20–2600722
Sep 27 – Oct 300624
Oct 4–1000674
Oct 11–1722557
Oct 18–2400436
Oct 25–3100389
Nov 1–700296
Nov 8–1400279
Nov 15–2111235
Nov 22–2811210
Nov 29 – Dec 51194
Dec 6–120069
Dec 13–190085
Dec 20–2633104
Dec 27 – Jan 211252

Reported in flower

No records here show flowers yet, so there is no flowering season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

No records here show fruit yet, so there is no fruiting season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 785 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 785 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of fan clubmoss in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of fan clubmossYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–101376,211
Jan 11–17835,146
Jan 18–24544,645
Jan 25–31854,698
Feb 1–7536,023
Feb 8–14635,888
Feb 15–21725,436
Feb 22–281756,846
Mar 1–7968,321
Mar 8–1418710,384
Mar 15–2110612,620
Mar 22–2815713,949
Mar 29 – Apr 423919,661
Apr 5–1133926,860
Apr 12–1822839,925
Apr 19–2526841,623
Apr 26 – May 231956,391
May 3–923852,952
May 10–1613853,785
May 17–2311557,698
May 24–309654,651
May 31 – Jun 68553,099
Jun 7–1316753,700
Jun 14–2015656,625
Jun 21–2715755,361
Jun 28 – Jul 416958,477
Jul 5–1116861,336
Jul 12–1817764,722
Jul 19–2519769,753
Jul 26 – Aug 124859,416
Aug 2–823859,712
Aug 9–1518755,994
Aug 16–2217754,328
Aug 23–299551,772
Aug 30 – Sep 517757,167
Sep 6–1215559,075
Sep 13–1914554,543
Sep 20–2616645,860
Sep 27 – Oct 317943,180
Oct 4–1020737,841
Oct 11–1719730,824
Oct 18–2416721,156
Oct 25–3117819,021
Nov 1–721814,172
Nov 8–1416812,621
Nov 15–21957,965
Nov 22–28858,136
Nov 29 – Dec 51376,083
Dec 6–12556,004
Dec 13–19965,423
Dec 20–261075,661
Dec 27 – Jan 21888,459

Reported in flower

No records here show flowers yet, so there is no flowering season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

No records here show fruit yet, so there is no fruiting season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • flat-branched tree-clubmoss Dendrolycopodium obscurumOften confused in Ohio: 13 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • prickly tree-clubmoss Dendrolycopodium dendroideum12 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Forest88%31%
Developed5%49%
Farmland3%11%
Grassland and shrub3%0.9%
Wetland2%5%
Open water0.5%3%

From 373 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

785 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.