Plants
Ferns and Clubmosses
Sighting 144

Histiopteris incisa

Bat's-Wing Fern at Majura, ACT

Histiopteris incisa at Majura, ACT - suppressed
Histiopteris incisa at Majura, ACT - suppressed
Request use of media

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

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.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Species information

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
830,141 sightings of 22,860 species from 14,367 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made