Blechnum cartilagineum
1 Gristle Fern at Paddys River, ACT
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| Blechnum cartilagineum | dcnicholls | 18 Oct 2021 | ||
| Blechnum cartilagineum | Tapirlord | 18 Oct 2021 |
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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
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.
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??
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
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Collections
- Significant Tapirlord 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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