Blechnum cartilagineum

Gristle Fern at Tuggeranong, ACT

Blechnum cartilagineum at Tuggeranong, ACT - 12 Aug 2023
Blechnum cartilagineum at Tuggeranong, ACT - 12 Aug 2023
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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

   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 :-(
   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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  • 12 Aug 2023 12:56 PM Recorded on
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