Notogrammitis billardierei
1 Finger Fern at Monga, NSW
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| Unverified | trevorpreston | 9 Jan 2022 |
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7 comments
10 Jan 2022
Possibly Blechnum patersonii, but I've sought a second opinion. This area might be better covered in the Coastal Wilderness website, as it's in a very different climatic type than the Canberra region. See https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/atlas-of-life-in-the-coastal-wilderness
10 Jan 2022
A more likely possibility is that it is a Grammitis species. Where was it growing? On a tree fern trunk?
10 Jan 2022
Yes, was out of a trunk, don't know if it was a tree or fern trunk, everything was so covered in moss it was hard to tell.
10 Jan 2022
G. billardierei often grows on trunks (tree ferns etc) so this tends to confirm the ID, but may be G. meridionalis, depending how long the fronds are. How long were the longer fronds?
11 Jan 2022
Based on Jones & Clemesha, it looks like the ID should be Grammitis meridionalis, but CSIRO's much more recent Flora of Australia says the latter is just a small habitat version of G. billardierei. So the ID stands.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River Monga National Park
- Places Monga, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
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- trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ferns and Clubmosses Plants Notogrammitis billardierei
Species information
- Notogrammitis billardierei Scientific name
- Finger Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1171.9m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Grammitis billardierei Grammitis billardiari Grammitis billardierei
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