Family Index

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Scientific Name

Selaginella gracillima

Family Name

SELAGINELLACEAE

Common Name

Tiny selaginella

Status

Height

stems 0.05m (5cm)

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Wispy, annual, fern ally; stems erect, simple or forking once or twice; leaves scattered, lanceolate with margins entire.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands

Communities

Heath - coastal; Seasonal lagoons; Swamp margins

Habitat Notes

Rare in Tasmania. Grows in tufts in seasonally moist or inundated soils of swamp margins, seasonal lagoons and heathland depressions usually in coastal districts.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy

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

Bears two types of spores in different sporangia. which are terminal or scattered along the length of the stem

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Unknown.

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.

Cutting Notes