Selaginella selaginoides

Low Lesser-clubmoss: for more photos, see Sitka Nature Photo Gallery for Selaginella selaginoides

Low Lesser-clubmoss (Selaginella selaginoides): In Southeast Alaska, this species is expected on islands and the northern mainland (FNA range map). Apparently few collections, but the e-flora BC collections map indicates at least one collection from the southern mainland, as well as other reports from the BC coastal mainland not far south of the border. (Given the somewhat odd distribution, perhaps this is a candidate species to check for evidence of genetic isolation in Southeast Alaska glacial refugia.)

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Local Notes

• Sitka/Selaginella selaginoides: Seems to be absent from the road system. Has been found at Rezanof Lake growing along the lake shore, and on the ultramafic bluffs at Red Bluff Bay. (edit)

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References

Weblinks

• USDAPLANTS page for Selaginella selaginoides
• FNA page for Selaginella selaginoides
• e-FloraBC page for Selaginella selaginoides

• PacNW Herbaria Records for Selaginella selaginoides
• Search Arctos Database for Selaginella selaginoides (Southeast only)
• Search Arctos Database for Selaginella selaginoides (entire database)
• Encyclopedia of Life search for Selaginella selaginoides
• iNaturalist Observations for Selaginella selaginoides in Southeast Alaska

Other References

• Muller: gen; muskegs, wet meadows
• Hall 2010: Occasional in muskegs, on wet banks, rock outcrops, and wet meadows where it prefers neutral to alkaline soil.

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