Family: Gleicheniaceae
Plant: A common scrambling fern found near cliffs.
Fronds: Semi-erect fonds up to 1m long, pinnate on brown stems with pinnules up to 4cm long and segments 2-4mm long. Upper surface dark green and hairless but underside pale blue-green and hairy. Stipes are shiny, hairless and forked several times.
Sori: 2-4 sori on the flat or slightly curved underside of segments.
Rhizome: Long, creeping, slender, wiry and much branched.
Habitat: In locations where roots are wet but its fronds are exposed to the sun in rainforest and wet sclerophyll forests.
Features: Semi-erect fronds. Pouch-like segments on mature fronds. Long, creeping, dark rhizome. Fronds blue-green on the underside.
Name:
Gleichenia After the German botanist W. F. von Gleichen
rupestris From Latin = rocky (referring to its habitat)
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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) |
Very long |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Sori |
Arrangement |
In rows |
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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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