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Selaginella selaginoides

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Botanical Description

Lycopodium selaginoides). Stems creeping and rooting, forming loose mats about 10cm, or sometimes to 15cm wide, with short ascending branches. Leaves spirally arranged, lanceolate, minutely spine-tipped. Spore bearing spikes yellowish. North America, Europe, Asia, in damp to wettish, grassy and mossy places, ascending to alpine levels.