Rock Fern at Binjura, NSW
Identification history
| Cheilanthes (genus) | 25 Jan 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Cheilanthes sieberi | 21 Jan 2023 | natureguy | ||
| Cheilanthes sieberi | 21 Jan 2023 | mahargiani |
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11 comments
Tapirlord
wrote:
23 Jan 2023
@dcnicholls Hey David, just curious for your thoughts. I was wondering if this might be C.distans.
mahargiani
wrote:
23 Jan 2023
I had wondered, it looked a bit different from normal, which is why I posted it.
natureguy
wrote:
24 Jan 2023
It doesn’t look hairy enough to me that’s why I was happy with C. Sieberi but there might be other features that are more definitive.
dcnicholls
wrote:
24 Jan 2023
If it does look like C. distans, sometimes you don’t see much in the way of hairs, but if they’re present at all, it’s likely C distans. Certainly the shape of the fronds looks like that.
mahargiani
wrote:
24 Jan 2023
We have lots of both species in this area. I'm pretty sure that this one is not C distans, maybe simply new growth of C sieberi with brighter foliage.
dcnicholls
wrote:
24 Jan 2023
The frond shape is not characteristic of C. sieberi. I suspect there is hybridisation between species, and also habitat variation within a species.
mahargiani
wrote:
24 Jan 2023
Would not be easy to get back to this specimen for further checking (phone GPS not accurate enough, plus difficult access). Suggest we leave it as Cheilanthes sp. Over the last year have seen several Cheilanthes plants in the Cooma area which look a bit different from sieberi/distans, maybe some of these could be hybrids as well.
Tapirlord
wrote:
25 Jan 2023
@MichaelMulvaney wondering if you have any thoughts? I'm thinking Cheilanthes sp.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081250-36.168575
- Altitude 741.6m
- Places Binjura, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2023 02:45 PM Recorded on
- mahargiani Recorded by
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mahargiani Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cheilanthes (genus) Ferns and Clubmosses Plants
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Cheilanthes (genus) Scientific name
- Rock Fern Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1034m Recorded at altitude
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