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§1 Plant
Selaginella densa Rydb.
vernacular lesser spikemoss — species · Selaginellaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Lycopod
- Family
- Selaginellaceae Willk.
- Genus
- Selaginella
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 91 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 91 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Hinsdale 08053
- Jackson 08057
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Park 08093
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
Idaho view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SEDE2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2688186 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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