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Bigelow's Spikemoss

Selaginella bigelovii

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33.0069, -117.01

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Description:

Green, spiky moss. "This lycophyte forms clumps of spreading upright to erect stems up to 20 centimeters long with a few short lateral branches. The linear or lance-shaped green leaves are up to 4 millimeters long, including the tiny rigid bristles at their tips. They are flattened to the stem or stick out just a little. The strobili borne at the leaf bases are yellow-orange in color." - Wikipedia

Habitat:

In full sun on slight hill in dirt amongst chaparral.

Notes:

This is a fern (mosslike) that is native to California. AKA Bushy Spikemoss

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