1 Gristle Fern at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Blechnum cartilagineum | 18 Oct 2021 | dcnicholls | ||
| Blechnum cartilagineum | 18 Oct 2021 | Tapirlord |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
18 Oct 2021
This is a very common fern on the east coast of Australia but is near its inland limit within the ACT and it is locally uncommon. However, a few more records of new locations and it should be taken off the rare ACT plant list
User's notes
ID is more of a guess than anything, unusual water fern seen perhaps 20 metres above ashbrook creek. No Sori present.
3 comments
dcnicholls
wrote:
18 Oct 2021
The "rabbit ear" backward pointing initial pinnae are a dead give-away. The black scales are also definitive. Lots of it (years ago) on Oakey Creek at the northern end of the Tidbinbilla Range.
Tapirlord
wrote:
18 Oct 2021
Thanks, dcnicholls, I'll keep that one in mind for next time. :)
@MichaelMulvaney is this sighting of any significance??
@MichaelMulvaney is this sighting of any significance??
dcnicholls
wrote:
18 Oct 2021
I have also seen it in the Black Mountain bushland, near Belconnen Way (admittedly, decades ago)
Location information
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Collections
Significant Plants Ferns and Clubmosses Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Blechnum cartilagineum Scientific name
- Gristle Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 93 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Oceaniopteris cartilaginea
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