Blechnum minus

Soft Water Fern at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Blechnum minus	1 Oct 2015	dcnicholls
	Blechnum wattsii	1 Oct 2015	MichaelMulvaney

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User's notes

Just north of Junction of Woods Reserve road and Corin rod. Fronds over 1m in length.

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dcnicholls wrote:

2 Oct 2015

The best way to differentiate between old coarse B. minus and B. wattsii is to look at the pinnae at the base of the frond: B. wattsii remain large, B. minus diminish in size. B. wattsii are also usually quite a dark green.

dcnicholls wrote:

2 Oct 2015

Also, B. wattsii tend to prefer darker places, the pinnae are fewer in number than for B. minus, and wider.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

2 Oct 2015

Thanks for the ID tip David - much appreciated

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Species information

Blechnum minus Scientific name
Soft Water Fern Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1096.37m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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Synonyms
Parablechnum minus