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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
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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
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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