Pyrrosia rupestris

Rock Felt Fern at Monga, NSW

Pyrrosia rupestris at Monga, NSW - 9 Jan 2022 11:46 AM
Pyrrosia rupestris at Monga, NSW - 9 Jan 2022 11:46 AM
Pyrrosia rupestris at Monga, NSW - 9 Jan 2022 11:46 AM
Pyrrosia rupestris at Monga, NSW - 9 Jan 2022 11:46 AM
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Pyrrosia rupestris 20 Jan 2022 dcnicholls
Pyrrosia rupestris 20 Jan 2022 mcosgrove
Unidentified 9 Jan 2022 trevorpreston

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Growing on logs and branches with lots of Moss and lichens.

3 comments

Tapirlord wrote:
   9 Jan 2022
Ooooh interesting, I don't recognize it, looks to me like a flowering plant so perhaps it is a epiphytic orchid. @DerekC thoughts??
mcosgrove wrote:
   20 Jan 2022
A lovely little fern, tends to be associated with epiphytic orchids in damp habitats such as rainforest and rainforest margins. Also grows on rock.
dcnicholls wrote:
   20 Jan 2022
If possible, always photograph fertile fronds, spore side. But this certainly looks like P. rupestris

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Additional information

  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Pyrrosia rupestris Scientific name
  • Rock Felt Fern Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1230.44m Recorded at altitude
  • 63 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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