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Terrarium Partly documented

Selaginella marginata

A widespread Neotropical spikemoss, recorded from Mexico to Uruguay and from sea level to over 3,000 m. Most records are from the rocky uplands of Minas Gerais and from Bolivia, areas with a clear winter dry season, so it is probably more drought-tolerant than rainforest Selaginella.

Selaginella marginata
Photo: Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

No detailed habitat notes were found. Records concentrate in the Espinhaço and Mantiqueira ranges of Minas Gerais (a region of rocky outcrops, gallery forest and cerrado) and in Bolivia; a Colombian catalogue places it in Amazonia at 100–300 m. It likely grows on shaded banks and rocks in a range of forest and open habitats.

Recorded at 0–3,273 m, median 590 m (379 records); the climate sites are at 350–1,816 m.

MexicoVenezuelaColombiaBoliviaBrazilParaguayArgentinaUruguay

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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 4.0 licence, unmodified.