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Selaginella umbrosa
Selaginella umbrosa is a small spikemoss, a non-flowering plant related to ferns, from wet tropical forests of Central and northern South America. It grows best in shade with consistently moist conditions.
Selaginella umbrosa is a species of plant in the Selaginellaceae family.
Umbrosa is native to South America, ranging from Yucatán to Colombia and Venezuela. It can be found in Barbados and Tobago, where it is most likely not native. It has also been introduced to the Island of Hawaii, where it was first seen cultivated in 1994, and then wild in 2000. The plant prefers to grow in shaded areas
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Selaginella umbrosa 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.
