Sticherus lobatus
Spreading Fan Fern at Uriarra Village, ACT
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| Sticherus lobatus | dcnicholls | 27 Feb 2016 | |
| Blechnum nudum | MichaelMulvaney | 27 Feb 2016 | |
| Unverified | NickiTaws | 26 Feb 2016 |
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Sticherus sp. Closer photo of branched fronds, and close-up of sori, a single row on each side of midvein. Pinnules entire, glabrous, with fine scales.
5 comments
27 Feb 2016
Hell's Bells! That looks like Sticherus! I'll have to work on that. It's most definitely not a Blechnum. I'm almost certain it's a new species for the ACT region. The only question is whether it's a known native species or an introduced escape. Stay tuned.
27 Feb 2016
Sticheris lobatus was what I came up with too, just well out of range of existing records. I'll lodge the specimen at the herbarium.
27 Feb 2016
Perhaps not surprising, given that we found both Gleichenia dicarpa and G. microphylla in the same region and a little higher up, and G. microphylla occurs nearby.
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Uriarra Village, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
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- Significant Plants Ferns and Clubmosses NickiTaws Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Sticherus lobatus
Species information
- Sticherus lobatus Scientific name
- Spreading Fan Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1218.9m Recorded at altitude
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