Pellaea falcata
Sickle Fern at Isaacs, ACT
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| Pellaea falcata | dcnicholls | 3 Aug 2015 | |
| Pellaea falcata | AaronClausen | 3 Aug 2015 | |
| Unverified | Mike | 3 Aug 2015 |
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3 comments
24 Jan 2016
What are the distinguishing features? I can go and take more photos. From photos on CNM the pinnae on P. falcata are less tapered than P. calidirupium and perhaps more of them.
24 Jan 2016
Yes, that's right. The new photo definitely looks like P. falcata. Murphy's Law, of course, says they hybridise. P. calidirupium normally has many fewer pinnae, they get broader towards the base of the stipe, and rotate so that they are not co-planar with the pinna.
Location information
- Maps Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Isaacs, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- Mike Recorded by
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Species information
- Pellaea falcata Scientific name
- Sickle Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -0.89m to 728m Recorded at altitude