Family: Sinopteridaceae
Plant: An erect fern up to 40cm high with creeping wiry rhizome.
Fronds: Tough, shiny green, 20-40cm long and pinnate with lanceolate to linear often falcate sessile segments 2-6cm long and 2-15mm wide borne on red-brown stems. The fronds are dark green above and paler on the underside.
Sori: In a continuous band 1mm wide along segment margin.
Rhizome: Creeping, rigid and wiry.
Habitat: In large colonies in rocky places in wet sclerophyll forests and in rainforest margins.
Features: Arrangement of sori. Shape of frond segments.
Name:
Pellaea From Greek = dark-coloured (referring to its fronds)
falcata From Latin = sickle-shaped (referring to its fronds)
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Type |
Fern |
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Trunk |
No trunk |
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Fronds |
Form |
Compound |
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Length (Total) |
Long, Very long |
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Other Features |
- |
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Sori |
Arrangement |
Near margins |
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Rhizome |
Type |
Creeping |
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Other Features |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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