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Ophioglossum lusitanicum

Adder's Tongue at Theodore, ACT

Ophioglossum lusitanicum at Theodore, ACT - 31 Jul 2014 05:59 PM
Ophioglossum lusitanicum at Theodore, ACT - 31 Jul 2014 05:59 PM
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6 comments

dcnicholls wrote:
   9 Aug 2014
Excellent! Max Gray (of 'Flora of the ACT' fame) has this in his 1978 ACT ferns list but I have never seen one.
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   10 Aug 2014
I'm glad you are pleased... I've seen it in a number of places in Tuggeranong Hill Reserve and the foothills to Mount Rob Roy, and once in the northern end of Giggerline.
dcnicholls wrote:
   10 Aug 2014
I think it's quite an important find. As I recall (and this is going back a long while) Max Gray reported it only from the Brindabellas near Mt Franklin
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   11 Aug 2014
I didn't know it was that rare. I'll make a point of recording it on the CNM each time I see it.
dcnicholls wrote:
   11 Aug 2014
The chances are it is "locally common", but you need to know where the "local" is.
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   1 Sep 2014
I think we have found a place where they are "locally common"!

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Location information

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Species information

  • Ophioglossum lusitanicum Scientific name
  • Adder's Tongue Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 4050.8m Recorded at altitude
  • 49 images trained Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Ophioglossum lusitanicum subsp. coriaceum
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