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- Habitat on top of Mt. Wellington
Diphasium scariosum
Collection data (, )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Lycopodiopsida
- Family: Lycopodiaceae
- Genus: Diphasium C. Presl ex Rothm.
- Species: Diphasium scariosum (Forst.) Rothm.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: October 2015
- Collected by: James E. Watkins, Jr. and Scott McAdams
- Habitats: Alpine grassland, Alpine meadow, Bog
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Observations: No fertile material observed at this site during this time of year.
Collection Location
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Nice photos, and such a cool habitat. I would treat this in the genus Diphasium – it is closely allied to Diphasium jussiaei, which is common in high elevation habitats in Andes and Costa Rica. We saw it in the turbera at km 72 on the Pan-American highway.
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