Family: Dicksoniaceae
Plant: A terrestrial fern up to 1.5m high. Similar to Bracken (Pteridium esculentum) but its fronds are softer and alternately arranged.
Frond: Soft, yellow-green, broadly triangular, tripinnate fronds 40-150cm long with a grooved rachis.
Sori: Small, circular near and usually partly-covered by folded leaf margins.
Rhizome: Usually stout, creeping and covered with soft pale and dark brown silky hairs.
Habitat: In rainforest and sheltered areas in both wet- and dry-sclerophyll forest.
Features: Soft yellow-green fronds. Sori partly covered by folded leaf margins.
Name:
Calochlaena From Greek = beauty-cloak.
dubia From Latin dubius = doubtful.
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Type |
Fern |
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Trunk |
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No trunk, |
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Fronds |
Form |
Compound |
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Length (Total) |
Very long |
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Other Features |
Soft |
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Sori |
Arrangement |
Near margins |
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Shape |
Round |
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Other Features |
- |
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Rhizome |
Type |
Creeping |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest, |
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Dry sclerophyll forest |
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