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Sand spikemoss

Selaginella arenicola

Sand spikemoss
Photo: Dsandii, CC BY 4.0
Family
Selaginellaceae (Selaginell family)
Native range
SE. U.S.A. to Texas

About

Selaginella arenicola, commonly called sand spikemoss, is a species (or species complex) of spikemoss, a non-flowering vascular plant, endemic to the U.S. southeast coastal plain in the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina.

Where it grows

It occurs in sandy, fire-dependent habitats of the southeastern U.S., including longleaf pine sandhill, Florida scrub, scrubby flatwoods, and pine rockland.

Other Selaginella plants

Meadow spikemoss · Arizona spikemoss · Bluish spikemoss · Selaginella australiensis · Selaginella bifida · Selaginella biformis · Bushy spikemoss · Selaginella brisbanensis · Selaginella bryopteris · Selaginella carinata · Selaginella ciliaris · Mesa spikemoss

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Selaginella arenicola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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