Hypolepis glandulifera

Downy Ground Fern at Kambah Pool

Hypolepis glandulifera at Kambah Pool - 23 Feb 2016
Hypolepis glandulifera at Kambah Pool - 23 Feb 2016
Hypolepis glandulifera at Kambah Pool - 23 Feb 2016
Hypolepis glandulifera at Kambah Pool - 23 Feb 2016
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Hypolepis glandulifera 18 Sep 2016 michaelb
Hypolepis glandulifera 18 Sep 2016 michaelb
Hypolepis glandulifera 18 Sep 2016 dcnicholls
Unidentified 20 Jun 2016 michaelb

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On the eastern side of the Murrumbidgee River, at Kambah Pool.

7 comments

dcnicholls wrote:
   20 Jun 2016
Probably Hypolepis species, likely H. punctata, but to be certain it's necessary to see the spores and the stipes (stalks) (pale or reddish?) And there's an outside possibility it's Diplazium australe but that's much less likely
   18 Sep 2016
Mike are you likely to go back and get another photo of this one?
dcnicholls wrote:
   18 Sep 2016
My bet is that it's H. punctata. I expect the sporangia to be circular. If in a chevron pattern, then D.australe.
michaelb wrote:
   18 Sep 2016
Michael M, I doubt that I would be able to find it. It would have been inundated with floodwaters twice since then. I'm not likely to go back.
dcnicholls wrote:
   18 Sep 2016
Let's make the ID certain, then. It's the sort of location I'd expect to find it, and I'm 90% sure of the ID. If correct, it has a spreading rhizome and new fronds will appear very close by, so we can correct the ID if necessary.
dcnicholls wrote:
   18 Sep 2016
It's now called Hypolepis glandulifera. Changed some time since 1980! I attempted to add the species. See http://www.cpbr.gov.au/fern/prh_taxa.html
michaelb wrote:
   18 Sep 2016
Thank you - all done.

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