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Terrarium Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Selaginella jugorum

A little-known Chinese spikemoss described by Handel-Mazzetti from the high mountains of north-west Yunnan. The type was collected on alpine scree at about 4025 m, and the one measured site lies at about 2970 m in western Sichuan, with frosty, dry winters and cool, wet summers. Treat it as a cool-growing mountain plant, not a tropical terrarium species.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

The type label describes it growing in scree (glarea) at the northern foot of a mountain in the alpine zone between the Mekong and Salween rivers. Nothing more specific is published that we could reach, so the rest is inferred from that alpine, rocky setting.

Type at about 4025 m; the measured Sichuan site is at about 2970 m. Two herbarium records from Jiangxi and Hunan at 368 m are far outside the range Kew accepts and are probably misidentified.

China South-Central

🔒 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.