Blechnum cartilagineum
1 Gristle Fern at Uriarra Village, ACT
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| Blechnum cartilagineum | dcnicholls | 28 Oct 2018 | |
| Blechnum cartilagineum | KenT | 28 Oct 2018 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
29 Oct 2018
New recorded location of this fern which is rare in the ACT region
User's notes
Growing a few metres above dry creek bank among blackberries and stinging nettles in an area subject to a prescribed burn in the past 12 months
3 comments
29 Oct 2018
The only other possibility is B. minus,. The length and orientation of the inner-most pinnae are absolutely diagnostic of B. cartilagineum, and not clear in the photos, but I think the ID is good
30 Oct 2018
You can also find B. cartilagineum (locally common) on the lower reaches of Oakey Creek at the Northern end of the Tidbinbilla Range. Or at least that was true around 1980. There was a well established colony as I recall, along with Pteris tremula, among the open woodland near the creek. There was also a single plant growing in a gully under a fallen tree, on the northern end of the Black Mountain bushland, less than 100 melters south of Belconnen Way. I have not been back to either place.
Location information
- Places Uriarra Village, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- KenT Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Collections
- Significant KenT 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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