Bigelow's Spikemoss (Selaginella bigelovii) observed in 886X+MM, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, USA
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Urban Ecology
Tracking where native plants like Bigelow's Spikemoss still survive helps conservationists and land managers protect the wild hillsides and coastal scrub you hike through — and alerts them early if those populations start to disappear.
Someone spotted and documented Bigelow's Spikemoss — a small, ancient, moss-like plant that's actually more closely related to ferns — growing in San Luis Obispo, CA. The observation was verified as research-grade, meaning it meets quality standards and gets added to scientific databases that track where plants live. These kinds of crowd-sourced sightings build a real-time map of plant life that researchers rely on to understand how species are doing over time.
Key Findings
A research-grade (verified) occurrence of Bigelow's Spikemoss was recorded at a specific location in San Luis Obispo County, CA 93405.
The observation is georeferenced using a Plus Code (886X+MM), enabling precise spatial tracking within biodiversity databases.
The record contributes to citizen-science occurrence data for Selaginella bigelovii, a native California spikemoss with a limited coastal and foothill range.
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A research-grade observation of Bigelow's Spikemoss was recorded in San Luis Obispo, California, contributing verified occurrence data for this native fern ally to the iNaturalist biodiversity database.
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Research-grade observation of Bigelow's Spikemoss in 886X+MM, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, USA.
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Selaginella bigelovii is a species of spikemoss known by the common names bushy spikemoss and Bigelow's spikemoss. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in rocky places in many different habitat types, from the coastline to the mountains to the deserts. This lycophyte for...