Selaginellaceae

Selaginella densa Rydb.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Manitoba, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ontario, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Wyoming

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TC, MB, MC, BF, MS, TU, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): ET, Csb, Cfb, BSk, Dfb, Dfc, Dwb, Dsb, Dsc, Cfc, BWk, Dfa

Distribution across environmental gradients (?):

Elevation

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BIO1 (annual mean temperature)

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BIO4 (temperature seasonality)

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BIO12 (annual precipitation)

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BIO15 (precipitation seasonality)

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Conservation

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025-2 (?): Not assessed

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Not assessed

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): Oklahoma

References

Alpert, P. 2000. The discovery, scope, and puzzle of desiccation tolerance in plants. Plant Ecology. 151:5–17.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:232062-2

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.2krpnn

Source IUCN conservation status: x