Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical wetland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

Staghorn Clubmoss lives in forests across eastern Australia and New Zealand. It grows upright stems up to 2.5 meters tall with rhizomes reaching 5 meters long, and its stems have small leaves that feel like rat feet to the touch.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Lycopodiopsida

Order

Lycopodiales

Family

Lycopodiaceae

Genus

Palhinhaea

Species

Palhinhaea cernua