Blechnum cartilagineum

Gristle Fern at Kambah, ACT

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Identification history

	Blechnum cartilagineum	23 Feb 2016	dcnicholls
	Blechnum cartilagineum	23 Feb 2016	liambanyer

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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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dcnicholls wrote:

24 Feb 2016

Excellent sighting, and very well documented

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Location information

Maps Cooleman Ridge
Places Kambah, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
liambanyer Recorded by
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Significant liambanyer Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ferns and Clubmosses Plants

Species information

Blechnum cartilagineum Scientific name
Gristle Fern Common name
Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
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Synonyms
Oceaniopteris cartilaginea

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