Rough Tree Fern at Namadgi National Park
Identification history
| Cyathea australis subsp. australis | 29 Mar 2024 | Tapirlord | ||
| Dicksonia antarctica | 29 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Cyathea australis subsp. australis | 29 Mar 2024 | Tapirlord |
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Significant sighting
Tapirlord noted:
29 Mar 2024
Rare in the ACT, adding to the list of locally uncommon fern species occurring at this site
User's notes
Only adds to the rare ferns found at this site
5 comments
Tapirlord
wrote:
29 Mar 2024
How so David? Hypolepis or perhaps Calochlaena are possibilities at this site as well.
dcnicholls
wrote:
29 Mar 2024
No, it looks like a young Cyathea, but the pinnae are "pointier" (I don't know the correct botanical term... acuminate?) than normal C. australis pinnae. It would be helpful to look at the trunk (if it exists).
dcnicholls
wrote:
29 Mar 2024
I take that back. While some of the pinnules are more serrated than others, I think it's within the normal range of variation for C. aust. I took a careful look at the C. australis that planted itself in my garden (Merimbula) and it's not sufficiently different to be a concern. The Bendora Road area is certainly a fern hotspot. I came across a couple of examples of Asplenium trichomanes there many years ago.
Tapirlord
wrote:
30 Mar 2024
Ahh sweet, advice is appreciated as always! Wish I could grow grow Cyathea where I am!
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Uriarra Village, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Collections
Significant Plants Ferns and Clubmosses Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cyathea australis subsp. australis
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- False In flower
Species information
- Cyathea australis subsp. australis Scientific name
- Rough Tree Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1217.94m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Cyathea australis
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