One of the tropical tassel ferns growing in the greenhouse at Appalachian State University. There were three different species in that planter, but I'm pretty sure the name tag went with this one. The origin was listed as West Tropical Queensland on the label.
Clubmoss is an ancient plant first appearing in the fossil record 395 Million years ago. Found these ones while searching for the dog who'd lost himself in the bush again! More
clubmoss terrestrial, creeping with erect stems, most frtile strobili old, younger ones pale greenish yellow; common in shrub understory Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
One of the tropical tassel ferns growing in the greenhouse at Appalachian State University, producing spores in strobili at the end of the branches. The label indicated that this plant was collected at "ABG" which I assume means Abingdon Airport, Australia.