Authors: L.  

Botanical Description

Primary stems prostrate, running and rooting to 60cm long. Lateral stems erect to ascending, 10-25cm long with few to several branches. Leaves 4-6mm long, dense but spreading, matt-green. Sporangial spikes sessile, 1.5-3cm long. Circumarctic and northern temperate zones to mountains farther south, on moors and mountainsides.