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Sighting 4531354

Hypolepis rugosula

Ruddy Ground-Fern at Namadgi National Park

Hypolepis rugosula at Namadgi National Park - 29 Oct 2023 11:00 AM
Hypolepis rugosula at Namadgi National Park - 29 Oct 2023 11:00 AM
Hypolepis rugosula at Namadgi National Park - 29 Oct 2023 11:00 AM
Hypolepis rugosula at Namadgi National Park - 29 Oct 2023 11:00 AM
Hypolepis rugosula at Namadgi National Park - 29 Oct 2023 11:00 AM
Hypolepis rugosula at Namadgi National Park - 29 Oct 2023 11:00 AM
Hypolepis rugosula at Namadgi National Park - 29 Oct 2023 11:00 AM
Hypolepis rugosula at Namadgi National Park - 29 Oct 2023 11:00 AM
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Identification history

Hypolepis rugosula 12 Jun 2024 Tapirlord
Hypolepis glandulifera 10 Mar 2024 Tapirlord
Polystichum proliferum 28 Nov 2023 CarbonAI
Hypolepis glandulifera 28 Nov 2023 Tapirlord

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Lightly covered in hairs

5 comments

dcnicholls wrote:
   28 Nov 2023
Slightly unusual for P. proliferum as the pinnae tips are rounded. Were any spores or proliferous tips visible?
Tapirlord wrote:
   28 Nov 2023
Sorry, that is just CarbonAI nonsense, i'm pretty sure this is a hypolepis
dcnicholls wrote:
   28 Nov 2023
Stipes are a bit odd for Hypolepis. I'm thinking something like Diplazium australe, but the chevron sporangia would tell. I have seen D. australe in the Blue Range in the past (destroyed when they cut down the pines in the 1980s). I'm certain also that there is more than just one species of Polystichum in the Blue Range and Brindabellas.
Tapirlord wrote:
   28 Nov 2023
Ooooh ok, more interesting than I had thought then. Diplazium would be fantastic. Sadly not sporangia present (I did check several fronds).
dcnicholls wrote:
   28 Nov 2023
I could be wrong about Diplazium, but is well worth watching out for. There were some plants growing in the ANBG ten years ago in the Sydney Region section, so it's likely a local species.

Also re Polystichum, see the bottom photo on https://www.dcnicholls.com/byzantium/ferns/descriptions/polystichum/pproliferum.html
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  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height
  • False In flower

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