Blechnum penna-marina

Alpine Water Fern at Cotter River, ACT

Blechnum penna-marina at Cotter River, ACT - 16 Jan 2017
Blechnum penna-marina at Cotter River, ACT - 16 Jan 2017
Blechnum penna-marina at Cotter River, ACT - 16 Jan 2017
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Identification history

Blechnum penna-marina 17 Jan 2017 dcnicholls
Blechnum penna-marina 17 Jan 2017 KenT

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Growing in a drainage line at around 1650m

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dcnicholls wrote:
   18 Jan 2017
Glad to see this is still thriving despite the 2003 bushfires.

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Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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
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  • Synonyms

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

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