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Selaginella brisbanensis

Selaginella brisbanensis
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0

Selaginella brisbanensis is a small spikemoss from northeastern and southeastern Queensland, found in rainforest and wet forest. It stays low, up to about 20 cm, and needs consistently moist, shaded conditions.

Family
Selaginellaceae (Selaginell family)
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist but never waterlogged, and use a humid environment.
Soil
Free-draining, peaty or humus-rich mix that holds moisture.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Selaginella brisbanensis is a plant in the spikemoss family Selaginellaceae endemic to northeastern and southeastern Queensland. It grows in rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest in two very disjunct populations, one centred around Cairns and the other around Brisbane, some 1,400 km (870 mi) south. It is a terrestrial plant growing up to 20 cm (7.9 in) high.

Other Selaginella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Selaginella brisbanensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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