Family Index

Scientific Name

Selaginella uliginosa

Family Name

SELAGINELLACEAE

Common Name

Swamp selaginella

Status

Height

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Fern ally with stems pinnately branched, erect, simple, or usually fanlike; leaves 2-3mm broad, spreading, keeled, pointed; u'ground rhizome .

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Heath

Habitat Notes

Abundant in coastal heath and often inland up to 500m, less common on margins of dry sclerophyll forest. Grows in exposed or semi-exposed positions. In dry seasons the tops of the stems may die and become papery.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained; Peaty

General Notes

Easily grown in pots with abundant water or in a wet position in the ground; it can be induced to grow in sunny, drier situations provided its roots are not disturbed. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Sporangia borne in upper 3cm of leaf

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