Selaginella falcata
A creeping, prostrate spikemoss from French Guiana and adjacent Brazil. Its broad shoots are 8–15 mm wide with deltate median leaves. It grows on wet, often waterlogged ground along creeks and in swamp and flooded forest in the lowland rainforest understorey.
Where it grows wild
Grows on the forest floor of primary lowland rainforest, often along creeks and ravines, in swampy and seasonally flooded forest, on hydromorphic soils, and on river islands and banks.
From 5 to 205 m, median 100 m (11 records).
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