Common Maidenhair Fern at Narrawallee, NSW
Identification history
| Adiantum aethiopicum | 28 Aug 2022 | plants | ||
| Adiantum aethiopicum | 28 Aug 2022 | trevorpreston |
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3 comments
dcnicholls
wrote:
29 Aug 2022
The indented pinnules look more like A. capillas-veneris but the location of the sporangia is important to differentiate. I’m wondering if this is a regional variant of A. aethiopicum, or even a new species?
plants
wrote:
30 Aug 2022
You are correct. One needs a fertile frond. A capillas-veneris is naturalsied along the coast north of Kiama. If you are concerned, we should make this probable ID. Finding fertile fronds would be good.
Location information
- Places Narrawallee, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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trevorpreston South Coast NatureMapr Adiantum aethiopicum Ferns and Clubmosses Plants
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Adiantum aethiopicum Scientific name
- Common Maidenhair Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -3.99m to 1058.17m Recorded at altitude
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