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Scientific Name
Lycopodiella serpentina
Family Name
LYCOPODIACEAE
Common Name
Bog Clubmoss
Status
Height
Flowers
None
Fruit
Spores
Form
Has brittle pale-green, long-creeping stems that root at regular intervals and large erect stroboli..
Municipalities
Burnie; Derwent Valley; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; King Island; Meander Valley; Tasman; West Coast
Communities
Habitat Notes
Extremely rare on mainland Tasmania and known only from a few disjunct locations. There are several known populations on King Island and Cape Barren Island.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Sporangia produced within specialised cone-like strucures called stroboli
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Extremely difficult to propagate from spores because it has a symbiotic relationship with a fungus in the gametophyte stage.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
No
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
May be propagated by division of the rhizomes providing the divisions are not too small.
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