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Toothed-leaved Clubmoss

Selaginella denticulata

Also called Denticulate Spikemoss, Mediterranean Clubmoss

Toothed-leaved Clubmoss
Photo: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Selaginellaceae (Selaginell family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Macaronesia, Medit.
Climate
subtropical

About

Selaginella denticulata, or Mediterranean clubmoss, is a non-flowering plant of the spikemoss genus Selaginella with a wide distribution around the Northern Hemisphere.

Where it grows

S. denticulata is widespread across the Mediterranean basin and can be found in Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France (mainland France and Corsica), Greece (mainland Greece, several Aegean Islands, and Crete), Italy (mainland Italy, Sardinia, and Sicily), Lebanon, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal (mainland Portugal and Madeira), Slovenia, Spain (mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands), Tunisia, and Turkey. It is most abundant in the western Mediterranean basin, becoming rarer in the east.

Other Selaginella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Selaginella denticulata 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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