Adiantum aethiopicum
Common Maidenhair Fern at Cotter River, ACT
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| Adiantum aethiopicum | dcnicholls | 8 Feb 2022 | |
| Adiantum aethiopicum | JaneR | 8 Feb 2022 |
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in riparian vegetation, but above level of recent floods and high flows.
3 comments
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.
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
Location information
- Maps Lower Cotter Catchment
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
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- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
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- Adiantum aethiopicum Scientific name
- Common Maidenhair Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -3.99m to 1058.17m Recorded at altitude
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