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Sighting 4505135

Blechnum cartilagineum

Gristle Fern at Tuggeranong, ACT

Blechnum cartilagineum at Tuggeranong, ACT - suppressed
Blechnum cartilagineum at Tuggeranong, ACT - suppressed
Blechnum cartilagineum at Tuggeranong, ACT - suppressed
Blechnum cartilagineum at Tuggeranong, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

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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Species information

  • Blechnum cartilagineum Scientific name
  • Gristle Fern Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 117 images trained Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Oceaniopteris cartilaginea

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