Plants
Ferns and Clubmosses
Sighting 4555686

Polystichum proliferum

Mother Shield Fern at Aranda Bushland

Polystichum proliferum at Aranda Bushland - 25 Feb 2024
Polystichum proliferum at Aranda Bushland - 25 Feb 2024
Polystichum proliferum at Aranda Bushland - 25 Feb 2024
Polystichum proliferum at Aranda Bushland - 25 Feb 2024
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Identification history

Polystichum proliferum 26 Feb 2024 dcnicholls
Polystichum proliferum 26 Feb 2024 CarbonAI
Polystichum proliferum 26 Feb 2024 CathB

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4 comments

dcnicholls wrote:
   26 Feb 2024
Looks like there's a Blechnum hiding underneath, too
CathB wrote:
   26 Feb 2024
That's the one in the next sighting (4555687)
dcnicholls wrote:
   26 Feb 2024
Yes, found it. See my ID and comment
lbradleyKV wrote:
   26 Feb 2024
Exciting!

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Camponotus nigriceps (Black-headed sugar ant) at Aranda Bushland - 20 Mar 2024 by CathB
Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi (Narrow Rock Fern) at Aranda Bushland - 26 Feb 2024 by CathB
Grevillea alpina (Mountain Grevillea / Cat's Claws Grevillea) at Aranda Bushland - 7 Dec 2023 by WalkYonder
Hypericum gramineum (Small St Johns Wort) at Aranda Bushland - 6 Dec 2023 by WalkYonder
Senecio prenanthoides (Common Forest Fireweed) at Belconnen, ACT - 9 Sep 2023 by MatthewFrawley
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis (Agapanthus) at Belconnen, ACT - 19 Jul 2023 by lbradley
Acacia baileyana (Cootamundra Wattle, Golden Mimosa) at Aranda, ACT - 9 Jul 2023 by lbradley
Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth) at Aranda, ACT - 27 Apr 2023 by CathB
Taeniogonalos sp. (genus) (A hyperparasitic wasp) at Aranda, ACT - 17 Apr 2023 by CathB
Neosparassus calligaster (Beautiful Badge Huntsman) at Aranda, ACT - 14 Aug 2022 by KMcCue
Habronestes bradleyi (Bradley's Ant-Eating Spider) at Dunlop, ACT - 28 Oct 2019 by Kurt
Gonipterus sp. (genus) (Eucalyptus Weevil) at Dunlop, ACT - 6 Aug 2019 by CathB
Meranoplus sp. (genus) (Shield Ant) at Dunlop, ACT - 4 Apr 2019 by CathB
Polyrhachis femorata (A spiny ant) at Dunlop, ACT - 2 Mar 2019 by CathB
Laetiporus portentosus (White Punk) at Belconnen, ACT - 24 May 2018 by MatthewFrawley
Rutilia (Chrysorutilia) formosa (A Bristle fly) at Dunlop, ACT - 20 Mar 2018 by CathB
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Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 25 Feb 2024 10:18 AM Recorded on
  • CathB Recorded by

Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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