Selaginella aboriginalis

Selaginella aboriginalis is a spikemoss described in 2013 from the monsoon tropics of northern Australia, known from the Top End and Cape York. Almost nothing on its ecology is published, so conditions here come from two measured sites and from what is known of other northern Australian spikemosses. Expect a plant of damp, sheltered spots that grows through the wet season and slows or dies back in the long dry season.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Not documented in sources we could open. By analogy with other Top End Selaginella, probably damp soil or rock in shaded gullies, stream banks or monsoon forest edges.

Lowlands; the two recorded sites are at about 30 m and 120 m.

Northern TerritoryQueensland

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.