| | Spikemoss -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) |
 | | Selaginella kraussiana -- Krauss's spikemoss ((The second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean) Africa, (Islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal) Azores) |
 | | Many species of Selaginella are (An arid region with little or no vegetation) desert plants known as "resurrection plants", because they curl up in a tight, brown or reddish ball during dry times, and uncurl and turn green in the presence of moisture. |
 | | Other species are tropical (Land that is covered with trees and shrubs) forest plants that appear at first glance to be (Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores) ferns. |
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