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Huperzia varia (Lycopodiaceae)

Huperzia varia (long clubmoss) is a moderately common native clubmoss that grows in a wide range of habitats in medium to high rainfall areas of Tasmania, including rock crevices and as an epiphyte in rainforest. It can be an erect ground plant, but is more often drooping (giving it a tassel-like appearance). The foliage is usually more or less dimorphic, with widely spreading leaves lower down, and more closely appressed leaves higher up. It does not have sporangia arranged in distinct "cones" (strobili) as in Lycopodium or Lycopodiella.
 

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