Family: Davalliaceae
Plant: A fairly common fern with fronds sprouting from an exposed rhizome.
Fronds: 30-60cm long stiff, leathery and tough, triangular-shaped, glossy green, tripinnate or bipinnate with deeply lobed segments. The fertile fronds are narrower than the infertile fronds. New fronds are purplish.
Sori: Circular near segment margins, partly sunken into segment surface.
Rhizome: Long, creeping, exposed, thick, fleshy and covered with fine greyish silky scales.
Habitat: Grows in rock crevices in rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Grey silky scales on an exposed rhizome. The new fronds are purplish.
Name:
Davallia After the Swiss botanist E. Davall
pyxidata From Greek = a box (referring to its sori being partly sunken into the frond surface)
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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 |
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Other Features |
Glossy |
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Sori |
Arrangement |
Near margins |
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Rhizome |
Type |
Creeping |
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Other Features |
Scaly |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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