Angiopteris evecta

Giant Fern at Mission Beach, QLD

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Angiopteris evecta StewartJasonP 18 Sep 2025
Dicksonia antarctica CarbonAI 18 Sep 2025
Angiopteris evecta Spud 18 Sep 2025
Angiopteris evecta StewartJasonP 21 Jul 2025
Unverified Clarel 20 Jul 2025

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I was keeping an eye out for king fern after seeing it planted in gardens. This is an urban path but it didn’t seem to be a garden. Angiopteris evecta? Wasn’t as vigorous as the ones I saw in gardens.

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   21 Jul 2025
Looks like it;
and not _Ptisana oreades_ (basionym: _Marattia oreades_).

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Sighting information

  • 5 Abundance
  • Clarel Recorded by
  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

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Species information

  • Angiopteris evecta Scientific name
  • Giant Fern Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Endangered *
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 4.11m Recorded at altitude

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