Lateristachys lateralis

Slender Clubmoss at QPRC LGA

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Identification history

Lateristachys lateralis	12 Mar 2024	Tapirlord
Austrolycopodium fastigiatum	11 Mar 2024	Csteele4
Austrolycopodium fastigiatum	11 Mar 2024	JaneR

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beside small creek, semi-shaded; and in adjacent wetland

4 comments

Csteele4 wrote:

11 Mar 2024

Nice find! Club mosses are just the coolest!

Tapirlord wrote:

12 Mar 2024

They are cool aren't they :)! Lycopodiella lateralis is quite morphologically similar to Lycopodium fastigiatum, though the former is often more upright. In this case the kicker is habitat preference, Lycopodiella lateralis is common in coastal forests and tall wet communities more generally. Lycopodium fastigiatum however, is an alpine plant which barely occurs below 1600m, let alone at 600m. Conversly it seems to grow it fairly dry environments, in scree or herbfields at the base of rocks. All present records are from the ALPs so this would've been quite the range extension! ;)

JaneR wrote:

12 Mar 2024

yes, I did register that this woukd be a bit of an odd distribution record for Lycopodium fastigiatum, but didn’t notice Lycopodiella in the Species guide.

Tapirlord wrote:

12 Mar 2024

I had to pull this one in from our coastal project, so It'll be a new edition to the species guides on CNM. Can't blame you for that Jane!!

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