Blechnum cartilagineum

Gristle Fern at Kambah, ACT

Blechnum cartilagineum at Kambah, ACT - 30 Jan 2016
Blechnum cartilagineum at Kambah, ACT - 30 Jan 2016
Blechnum cartilagineum at Kambah, ACT - 30 Jan 2016
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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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  • Blechnum cartilagineum Scientific name
  • Gristle Fern Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
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  • In flower
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  • Synonyms

    Oceaniopteris cartilaginea

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