Blechnum penna-marina

Alpine Water Fern at Paddys River, ACT

Blechnum penna-marina at Paddys River, ACT - 30 Dec 2015
Blechnum penna-marina at Paddys River, ACT - 30 Dec 2015
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Identification history

Blechnum penna-marina 20 Jan 2016 dcnicholls
Blechnum penna-marina 20 Jan 2016 CathB

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Growing in Sphagnum mounds

3 comments

dcnicholls wrote:
   21 Jan 2016
Rather hard to see the fronds, but it looks like they're poking out of the sphagnum. Is that correct?
CathB wrote:
   21 Jan 2016
I've added a cropped picture so you can see the fronds a bit more clearly
dcnicholls wrote:
   21 Jan 2016
ID confirmed.

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Species information

  • Blechnum penna-marina Scientific name
  • Alpine Water Fern Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 2079.77m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Blechnum penna-marina Austroblechnum pennamarina Blechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina Blechnum pennamarina
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