PLANTS Profile for Selaginella densa (lesser spikemoss)

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PLANTS Profile

Selaginella densa Rydb.
lesser spikemoss

Symbol:

SEDE2

Group:

Lycopod

Family:

Selaginellaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Selaginella densa Rydb.

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Distribution:
Selaginella densa Rydb.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Selaginella densa Rydb.

View 1 genera in Selaginellaceae, 56 species in Selaginella or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Selaginella densa Rydb. var. densa. .

Selaginella densa var. densa
lesser spikemoss

Distribution of Selaginella densa Rydb. var. scopulorum (Maxon) R. Tryon. .

Selaginella densa var. scopulorum
Rocky Mountain spikemoss

Distribution of Selaginella densa Rydb. var. standleyi (Maxon) R. Tryon. .

Selaginella densa var. standleyi
Standley's spikemoss

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Selaginella densa Rydb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Lycopodiophyta – Lycopods
Class	Lycopodiopsida
Order	Selaginellales
Family	Selaginellaceae – Spike-moss family
Genus	Selaginella P. Beauv. – spikemoss
Species	Selaginella densa Rydb. – lesser spikemoss

More Accounts and Images:
Selaginella densa Rydb.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17076.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 06:00 AM CDT