Adiantum aethiopicum

Common Maidenhair Fern at Cotter River, ACT

Adiantum aethiopicum at Cotter River, ACT - 8 Feb 2022
Adiantum aethiopicum at Cotter River, ACT - 8 Feb 2022
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Adiantum aethiopicum 8 Feb 2022 dcnicholls
Adiantum aethiopicum 8 Feb 2022 JaneR

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in riparian vegetation, but above level of recent floods and high flows.

3 comments

dcnicholls wrote:
   8 Feb 2022
From the location, likely A. aethiopicum, but the indented pinnae look a little like A. capillus veneris. Not recorded from near Canberra, but an interesting possibility. Definitely worth further investigation.
JaneR wrote:
   9 Feb 2022
What else should be recorded to help determine if/if not A. capillus veneris ?
dcnicholls wrote:
   9 Feb 2022
According to my trusty old Jones and Clemesha, A. aethiopicum has its sori in the dents in the pinnae, but A.capillus veneris has them on the tips of the lobes of the pinnae

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  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 8 Feb 2022 11:36 AM Recorded on
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  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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