Family Index

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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

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.