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Selaginella kraussiana

Club moss

A low, creeping spikemoss that forms bright green mats on shaded, damp ground in the laurel forests of the Azores and Madeira and in the forests of eastern and southern Africa. It is easy and fast in a terrarium or a cool, shaded, humid spot, and has become an invasive weed of damp shade in New Zealand and parts of Australia.

Selaginella kraussiana
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Moist, shaded banks, stream sides, forest floor and damp rock in evergreen forest, spreading by rooting stems into dense mats about 5 cm high.

Recorded elevations run from 43 to 960 m, median 712 m (36 records), mostly on the Atlantic islands.

AzoresMadeiraCanary IslandsTropical AfricaSouthern Africa

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.