Blechnum cartilagineum

Gristle Fern at Tuggeranong, ACT

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	Blechnum cartilagineum	21 Aug 2023	natureguy
	Blechnum cartilagineum	21 Aug 2023	BethanyDunne

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Not looking very healthy

4 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

22 Aug 2023

@dcnicholls is this species likely to be impacted by frost?

Thanks Michael

dcnicholls wrote:

22 Aug 2023

It is pretty frost hardy, but tends to grow in difficult dry sunny areas in the ACT, eg in the power line gully on Aranda Hill. I'd say it needs water :-(

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

22 Aug 2023

Thanks David

BethanyDunne wrote:

22 Aug 2023

Yes I fear it's just become too dry there. There is an old Rough Tree Fern record nearby but I couldn't find it at all.

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Location information

Maps Cooleman Ridge
Places Tuggeranong, ACT

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Species information

Blechnum cartilagineum Scientific name
Gristle Fern Common name
Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
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In flower
Synonyms
Oceaniopteris cartilaginea

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