Pellaea calidirupium
Hot Rock Fern at Garran, ACT
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| Pellaea calidirupium | dcnicholls | 21 Sep 2015 | |
| Pellaea falcata | MichaelMulvaney | 21 Sep 2015 | |
| Unverified | MichaelMulvaney | 21 Sep 2015 |
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User's notes
Just Below Davidson Trig on Eastern slope of Red Hill, amongst dacite boulders
4 comments
22 Sep 2015
I've lost my confidence in being able to tell the species of Pellaea apart, hopefully you can set me right David. These are plants from the same location as the earlier Pellaea postings from Red Hill
22 Sep 2015
Not simple, but the short broad pinnae on some fronds indicate Pellaea calidirupium, Pellaea calidirupium and falcata (and also Cheilanthes) in the ACT are difficult, and probably hybridise.
22 Sep 2015
Another indicator for P. calidirupium (in vivo, not pressed) is that many of the pinna blades are angled to the plane of the frond, whereas with P. falcata, the pinnae and frond are in the same plane.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.116067-35.335893
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 29 Aug 2015 03:11 PM Recorded on
- MichaelMulvaney Recorded by
Collections
- MichaelMulvaney Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pellaea calidirupium Ferns and Clubmosses Plants
Species information
- Pellaea calidirupium Scientific name
- Hot Rock Fern Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 984m Recorded at altitude
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