Scientific Name: Lycopodiella lateralis

Common Name: slender clubmoss

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Lycopodiaceae

Form Description: Fern ally with weak upright stems needing support when growing amongst grasses or below shrubs.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

In exposed situations becomes discoloured and has tightly compacted growth making it difficult to distinguish from Lycopodiella diffusa. Common and widespread in Tasmania especially in the west and south.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Sporangia produced within specialised cone-like structures called stroboli.

Seed Treatment Notes

Extremely difficult to propagate from spores as they have a symbiotic relationship with a fungus in the gametophyte stage.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated by division of the rhizomes providing the divisions are not too small.