Scientific Name: Lycopodiella serpentina
Common Name: bog clubmoss
Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Form Description: Fern ally with brittle pale-green, long-creeping stems that root at regular intervals and large erect stroboli.
Municipality
BurnieDerwent ValleyGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKing IslandMeander ValleyTasmanWest Coast
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes
Extremely rare on mainland Tasmania and known only from a few disjunct locations. Several known populations on King Island and Cape Barren Island.
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Propagation Method
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Sporangia produced within specialised cone-like structures called stroboli.
Seed Treatment Notes
Extremely difficult to propagate from spores because it has 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.