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|accepted_name=Selaginella scopulorum
|accepted_authority=Maxon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Fern J.
|place=11: 36. 1921
|year=1921
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Selaginella densa var. scopulorum
|authority=(Maxon) R. M. Tryon
|rank=variety
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|name=Selaginella engelmannii var. scopulorum
|authority=(Maxon) C. F. Reed
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Selaginellaceae;Selaginella;Selaginella subg. Tetragonostachys;Selaginella scopulorum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Selaginellaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Selaginella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Selaginella subg. Tetragonostachys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Selaginella scopulorum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>terrestrial or on rock, forming cushionlike or rather loose mats. <b>Stems</b> decumbent or creeping, not readily fragmenting, irregularly forked, without budlike arrested branches, tips straight; main stem upperside and underside structurally slightly different, conspicuously or inconspicuously indeterminate, lateral branches radially symmetric, conspicuously determinate, strongly ascending, 1–2-forked. <b>Rhizophores</b> borne on upperside of stems, throughout stem length, 0.25–0.45 mm diam. <b>Leaves</b> monomorphic, in poorly defined pseudowhorls of 4 or 6, tightly appressed, ascending, green, linear-lanceolate to linear, in lateral ranks sometimes falcate, 2.5–4(–4.3) X 0.5–0.75 mm (upperside leaves smaller than underside, smaller also on ascending buds); abaxial ridges present; base (on main stem) decurrent, oblique, and glabrous on underside leaves, slightly decurrent to adnate, oblique, and glabrous or rarely puberulent on upperside leaves; margins usually short-ciliate, cilia transparent, spreading or ascending at base, denticulate and ascending on distal 2/3, 0.02–0.07(–0.15) mm; apex plane or sometimes slightly keeled, obtuse to attenuate, abruptly bristled; bristle whitish, transparent to opaque, with few teeth or smooth, 0.5–1.1 mm. <b>Strobili</b> solitary, (0.5–)1–3(–4.5) cm; sporophylls ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate, or seldom ovate, usually tapering toward apex, abaxial ridges well defined, base glabrous, margins proximally short-ciliate to denticulate, lacking cilia apically, apex usually attenuate or slightly keeled, short-bristled.</span><!--

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|habitat=Rocky alpine tundra, subalpine meadows, dry cliffs, rocky slopes, rock crevices, granitic outcrops and ledges, sandstone outcrops, in soil pockets among rocks, or sandy or granitic soil
|elevation=700–3700 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Selaginella scopulorum</i> is a member of the <i>S. densa</i></p><!--
--><p>complex, in which there is a clear need for more systematic studies. Some specimens of <i>S. scopulorum</i> from Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado have more conspicuous whitish bristles than those elsewhere and are difficult to distinguish from <i>S. densa</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Selaginella scopulorum
|authority=Maxon
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Selaginella densa var. scopulorum;Selaginella engelmannii var. scopulorum
|basionyms=
|family=Selaginellaceae
|habitat=Rocky alpine tundra, subalpine meadows, dry cliffs, rocky slopes, rock crevices, granitic outcrops and ledges, sandstone outcrops, in soil pockets among rocks, or sandy or granitic soil
|elevation=700–3700 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. Fern J.
|publication year=1921
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Selaginella
|subgenus=Selaginella subg. Tetragonostachys
|species=Selaginella scopulorum
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