Scientific Name: Lycopodium scariosum

Common Name: spreading clubmoss

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Lycopodiaceae

Form Description: Fern ally with wiry, prostrate main stems, rooting at intervals; leaves in two rows, in a flat plane.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Terrestrial, common in alpine areas of Tasmania, around 1000m or above except on the west coast where it is found lower down. Grows in moist well-drained soils of stony plateaux and in low shrubberies.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Rocky, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Sporangia produced within specialised cone-like structures called stroboli, up to 12mm long and found at ends of branches.

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate by division of the rhizome.