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Accession Data:

Selaginella densa Rydb.

  • Common Name: Prairie club-moss, Rocky Mountains spike-moss
  • Family: Selaginellaceae Milde.

  • Country of Origin: Colorado, USA
  • Habitat: Prairies, alpine meadows, dry rocky slopes, rock crevices

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200201887
  • Source: Tom Lemieux - UC Boulder
  • Provenance: Collected by Tom Lemieux, UC Boulder, 1 Sept 2002.
    Colorado, Alamosa County. Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, se of Great Sand Dunes National Monument. In rock crevices on suny slopes, and in association with Pinus aristata and Populus tremuloides
  • Accession Date: 09-04-2002
  • Bench: 2316 - Equisetum
    • Currently: active - marginal
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 09-19-2017

Classification:

  • Division: Lycopodiophyta
  • Class: Lycopodiopsida
  • SubClass: fern relatives
  • Order: Selaginellales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Selaginellaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • Plants used in EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Alberta / British Columbia / Manitoba / Saskatchewan / Ontario / Colorado / Idaho / Montana / Wyoming / North Dakota / Nebraska / South Dakota / Arizona / Utah / New Mexico

References (external):

  1. Selaginella densa in Flora of North America. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 23, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:26:03 -0400

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Current Accessions in the Selaginellaceae

  • Selaginella anceps
  • Selaginella cf. peruviana
  • Selaginella cf. wrightii
  • Selaginella densa W/C
  • Selaginella diffusa
  • Selaginella erythropus
  • Selaginella inaequalifolia
  • Selaginella kraussiana 'Aurea'
  • Selaginella kraussiana 'Brownii'
  • Selaginella kraussiana decurrens
  • Selaginella martensii
  • Selaginella martensii f. albo-variegata
  • Selaginella moellendorffii
  • Selaginella monteverde
  • Selaginella pallescens
  • Selaginella pallescens aurea
  • Selaginella siamensis
  • Selaginella victoriae
  • Selaginella vogelii
  • Selaginella watsonii
  • Selaginella willdenovii
W/C = Wild Collected
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