Scientific Name: Selaginella uliginosa

Common Name: swamp spikemoss

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Selaginellaceae

Form Description: Fern ally with stems pinnately branched, erect, simple, or usually fanlike; leaves 2-3mm broad, spreading, keeled, pointed; underground rhizome .

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationDry Eucalypt ForestHeath
Habitat Notes

Abundant in coastal heath and often inland up to 500m, less common on margins of dry sclerophyll forest. Grows in exposed or semi-exposed positions. In dry seasons the tops of the stems may die and become papery.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained

General Notes

Easily grown in pots with abundant water or in a wet position in the ground; it can be induced to grow in sunny, drier situations provided its roots are not disturbed.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Sporangia borne in upper 3cm of leaf.

Seed Treatment Notes

Unknown