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Scientific Name

Lycopodiella diffusa

Family Name

LYCOPODIACEAE

Common Name

Buttongrass Clubmoss

Status

Height

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Prostrate, stems often tinged reddish brown to black.

Municipalities

Burnie; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Heath; Alpine bogs; Buttongrass plains

Habitat Notes

Common and widespread in the west and south of the State where it is a terrestrial species of permanently wet and badly drained soils.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Poor; Poorly-drained

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 raise from spores as they have a symbiotic relationship with a fungus in the gametophyte stage.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

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.