Blechnum cartilagineum
Gristle Fern at Kambah, ACT
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| Blechnum cartilagineum | dcnicholls | 23 Feb 2016 | |
| Blechnum cartilagineum | liambanyer | 23 Feb 2016 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
23 Feb 2016
Thanks for this posting Liam - we only have seven recorded locations of this plant in the ACT and it may be extinct at two of these sites.
User's notes
Blechnum cartilagineum? A couple of ferns under rock edge on SW side of Mt Arawang, next to large blackberry bush. Cyathea australis previously recorded close by. Fronds spikey and 50-70 cm long.
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Location information
- Maps Cooleman Ridge
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- liambanyer Recorded by
Collections
- Significant liambanyer Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Blechnum cartilagineum Ferns and Clubmosses Plants
Species information
- Blechnum cartilagineum Scientific name
- Gristle Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1236.16m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Oceaniopteris cartilaginea
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