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Scientific Name
Huperzia varia
Family Name
LYCOPODIACEAE
Common Name
Long clubmoss
Status
Height
0.1m (10cm) long
Flowers
None
Fruit
Spores
Form
Stems erect or hanging, sometimes branching, leaves in spiral, overlapping, upright, lance-shaped.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast
Communities
Coastal Vegetation; Montane Vegetation; Rainforest
Habitat Notes
Widespread in Tasmania but seldom locally abundant. A variable species ranging from stunted upright plants on the coast and on mountain summits above 1000m to long pendulous plants in deep shade within rainforest. Usually terrestrial, but may be lithophytic and sometimes epiphytic.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Shady; Windy
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained; Epiphytic or lithophytic
General Notes
Tassel ferns require a coarse potting mix that gives excellent drainage and aeration. Fern fibres, pine bark, orchid bark, charcoal, coarse gravel and polystyrene balls or chips are suitable. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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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 borne in the axils of sporophylls
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
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.
Cutting Notes
Roots of the upright species of this family are initiated at the growing tip and grow downward to emerge from the base of the plant. Thus, it is possible to propagate epiphytic species of the family from tip cuttings. It is not yet known whether this method can be used in cultivation for this Tasmanian species.
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