Bat's-Wing Fern at Majura, ACT
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The illustrious bat wing's fern. I climbed halfway up the side of a cliff for this photo!
5 comments
AaronClausen
wrote:
18 May 2014
I went back to this location earlier this month and can confirm that most of the large ferns had now died off, but there were still a few young/small ones going well.
MattM
wrote:
13 Sep 2015
Just a general safety notice, re: "I climbed halfway up the side of a cliff for this photo!"
Climbing cliffs, or any such unstable slope, can result in injury. I have seen it happen, and the consequence is often far greater than the reward. Please be careful, Aaron.
dcnicholls
wrote:
13 Sep 2015
Good to see it's still there after so many years. It used to grow in the lower part of the quarry, along with Bracken, Common Maidenhair, and Cyathea australis, but a bushfire in the 1980s rather ruined the area.
AaronClausen
wrote:
13 Sep 2015
I am glad you've got my back Matt! Ok thanks, I'll be careful, you raise a very good point.. Do not climb dangerous areas just to get a plant photo.
dcnicholls
wrote:
13 Sep 2015
Perhaps a drone with a camera on it would be a good idea. And for precipitous places like Gibraltar Falls.
Location information
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2013 07:14 PM Recorded on
- AaronClausen Recorded by
Species information
- Histiopteris incisa Scientific name
- Bat's-Wing Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 96 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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