Family Index

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Scientific Name

Lycopodium scariosum

Family Name

LYCOPODIACEAE

Common Name

Spreading Clubmoss

Status

Height

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Main stems, wiry, prostrate and rooting at intervals, leaves in two rows, in a flat plane.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Montane Vegetation; Sub-alpine shrubberies

Habitat Notes

Terrestrial, common in alpine areas of Tasmania, usually close to 1000m or above except on the west coast where it is found at lower altitudes. Grows in moist well-drained soils of stony plateaux and in low shrubberies.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Rocky; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Loam; Poor; Well-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

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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 structures called stroboli, up to 12mm long and found at ends of branches

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

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

Propagate by division of the rhizome.