Selaginellaceae

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meadow spikemoss

meadow spikemoss

Selaginella apoda (L.) Spring

Selaginella apoda is a short-lived spore-bearing lycophyte native to eastern North America, used as a model species for research.

Sand Spikemoss

Sand Spikemoss

Selaginella arenicola Underw.

Sand spikemoss (Selaginella arenicola Underw.) is a non-flowering vascular spikemoss endemic to the U.S. southeast coastal plain.

Arizona spikemoss

Arizona spikemoss

Selaginella arizonica Maxon

Selaginella arizonica Maxon is a prostrate matted spikemoss with 5–20 cm stems that changes from bright green to gray with age.

Bigelow's Spikemoss

Bigelow's Spikemoss

Selaginella bigelovii Underw.

Selaginella bigelovii, or bushy/Bigelow's spikemoss, is a lycophyte spikemoss native to California and Baja California.

Ashy Spikemoss

Ashy Spikemoss

Selaginella cinerascens A.A.Eaton

Selaginella cinerascens, also called mesa spikemoss, is a lycophyte spikemoss native to Baja California and San Diego County, California.

Delicate spikemoss

Delicate spikemoss

Selaginella delicatula (Desv. ex Poir.) Alston

Selaginella delicatula is a widely accepted epiphytic spikemoss native to wet Asian tropical and subtropical regions, described in 1932 by Alston.

dense spikemoss

dense spikemoss

Selaginella densa Rydb.

Selaginella densa is a North American spikemoss that grows in dry open habitats, forms compact groundcover, and controls erosion in landscaping.

Mediterranean clubmoss

Mediterranean clubmoss

Selaginella denticulata (L.) Spring

Selaginella denticulata is a small Mediterranean moss-like spikemoss with distinctively colored male and female sporangia.

Hansen's Spikemoss

Hansen's Spikemoss

Selaginella hansenii Hieron.

Selaginella hansenii, or Hansen's spikemoss, is a lycophyte spikemoss endemic to central California that grows in rocky habitats.

Selaginella involvens (Sw.) Spring

Selaginella involvens (Sw.) Spring

Selaginella involvens (Sw.) Spring

Selaginella tamariscina is an evergreen perennial medicinal plant in the Selaginellaceae family, endemic to multiple regions in East and Southeast Asia.

Krauss's clubmoss

Krauss's clubmoss

Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A.Braun

Selaginella kraussiana is a low evergreen perennial fern ally, grown ornamentally and invasive in some introduced regions.

resurrection plant

resurrection plant

Selaginella lepidophylla (Hook. & Grev.) Spring

Selaginella lepidophylla is a drought-tolerant spikemoss that revives after drying, sold as a novelty and used in traditional practices and medicine.

Gemmiferous Spikemoss

Gemmiferous Spikemoss

Selaginella moellendorffii Hieron.

Selaginella moellendorffii is an ancient heterosporous lycophyte native to the moist shaded forests of subtropical Asia.

Oregon spikemoss

Oregon spikemoss

Selaginella oregana D.C.Eaton

Selaginella oregana, or Oregon spikemoss, is a lycophyte spikemoss native to the Pacific Coast of western North America.

rock spikemoss

rock spikemoss

Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring

Selaginella rupestris is a North American spike-moss that curls into a ball when dry and opens when wet, and is threatened in Indiana.

northern spikemoss

northern spikemoss

Selaginella selaginoides (L.) Schrank & C.F.P.Mart.

Selaginella selaginoides is a small spikemoss with a near-circumpolar northern distribution, historically used for rickets in Finnish traditional medicine.

Siberian Spikemoss

Siberian Spikemoss

Selaginella sibirica (Milde) Hieron.

Selaginella sibirica, the Siberian spikemoss, is a spikemoss species native to northwestern North America and northern Russia.

Swamp Spikemoss

Swamp Spikemoss

Selaginella uliginosa (Labill.) Spring

Selaginella uliginosa is a small ancient spikemoss endemic to Australia that prefers swampy, sunny moist areas.

Peacock Spikemoss

Peacock Spikemoss

Selaginella uncinata (Desv. ex Poir.) Spring

Selaginella uncinata is a Selaginellaceae species native to southern China, widely cultivated in the US and other growing settings.

Wallace's spikemoss

Wallace's spikemoss

Selaginella wallacei Hieron.

Selaginella wallacei, or Wallace's spikemoss, is a variable lycophyte native to western North America.

Desert Spikemoss

Desert Spikemoss

Selaginella eremophila Maxon

Selaginella eremophila, or desert spikemoss, is a small lycophyte spikemoss native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico border region.

dense spikemoss

dense spikemoss

Selaginella densa var. scopulorum (Maxon) R.M.Tryon

Selaginella densa is a North American native spikemoss that forms compact mats, tolerates desiccation, and prevents soil erosion.

Watson's spikemoss

Watson's spikemoss

Selaginella watsonii Underw.

Selaginella watsonii, or Watson's spikemoss, is a lycophyte spikemoss native to rocky habitats in the western United States.

Twistedhair Spikemoss

Twistedhair Spikemoss

Selaginella tortipila A.Braun

Selaginella tortipila is a morphologically plastic spikemoss that grows on exposed high-elevation rocks in the southeastern US.

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