Index / Search / Selaginella rupestris
§1 Plant
Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring
vernacular northern selaginella — species · Selaginellaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Lycopod
- Family
- Selaginellaceae Willk.
- Genus
- Selaginella
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 458 counties across 32 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 458 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Barrow 13013
- Carroll 13045
- Chattooga 13055
- Cobb 13067
- Coffee 13069
- Coweta 13077
- DeKalb 13089
- Douglas 13097
- Elbert 13105
- Fayette 13113
- Fulton 13121
- Gwinnett 13135
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Johnson 13167
- Laurens 13175
- Monroe 13207
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Rabun 13241
- Stephens 13257
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Walton 13297
- Washington 13303
- White 13311
Illinois view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Morrison 27097
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Benton 29015
- Carroll 29033
- Dade 29057
- Douglas 29067
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Iron 29093
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Phelps 29161
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
Nebraska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Highland 51091
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SERU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2688219 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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