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 An
Illustrated Guide to
Common Weeds
of New Zealand
Selaginella
kraussiana
selaginella
Family
SELAGINACEAE
 Reproduced
from
Common
Weeds of New Zealand
by Ian Popay, Paul Champion & Trevor James
ISBN 0 473 09760 5
by kind permission of the
New
Zealand Plant Protection Society
Publication or other use of images or descriptive
text on these pages is unauthorised unless written permission is
obtained from the authors and publisher.
Appropriate acknowledgement
of the publication Common Weeds of New Zealand must always
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A fern ally.
Forms extensive dense carpets in damp shaded sites, with small cones
producing spores. Leaves small, in four rows on the stem.
- Leaves Sterile
leaves of two sizes. The two lateral rows have spreading oval
leaves, 3-4 mm long, with pointed tips. The two upper rows have
leaves 2-3 mm long flattened against the stems and with tapering
tips.
- Stems Creeping,
irregularly-branched, rooting at the nodes, forming a loose mat.
- Roots Long
fine aerial roots from nodes.
- Spores Borne
on stalkless, rounded cones up to 1 cm long, laterally placed
on the stems.
Habitat
Damp forest floors, stream
banks, gardens, nurseries, shade houses and ferneries.
Distribution
Frequent throughout NI
in lowland sites. Scattered SI localities in Nelson, Westland, Canterbury
and Otago. Originally from central and southern Africa.
Comments
Presumably introduced
as an attractive garden ground cover plant, but now common as a
weed in many areas. Listed on the National
Pest Plant Accord (see Introduction for details).
Derivation
of botanical name
Selaginella (Gr.)
= little clubmoss; kraussiana, after Ferdinand C. Krauss,
who introduced it to Europe.
Web-notes:
Weed Links
On this site
Reproduced from Common Weeds
of New Zealand:
External Links
 Weedbusters
New Zealand
- Weedbusters is a weeds awareness and education programme that aims to
protect New Zealand's environment from the increasing weed problem.
- AgPest
- A free tool to assist farmers and agricultural professionals in decision-making regarding weed and pest identification, biology, impact and management.
 New Zealand Weeds Key
- An interactive identification key to the weeds of New Zealand. Developed at Landcare Research.
New
Zealand Plant Conservation Network naturalised plants
- Search for information on more than 2500 naturalised and weedy plants.
 New
Zealand Plant Protection Society
- Their main objective: "To pool and exchange information on the biology
of weeds, invertebrate and vertebrate pests, pathogens and beneficial organisms
and methods for modifying their effects."
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 Massey
University Weeds Database- A site providing information about New Zealand weeds and weed control.
It has a series of pages showing pictures of New Zealand weeds, notes on
identification and control. It also provides information on a university
paper entitled Controlling Weeds.
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