Blechnum sp.

A Hard Fern at Blue Mountains National Park, NSW

Blechnum sp. at Blue Mountains National Park, NSW - 5 Mar 2023
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Identification history

Blechnum sp. 25 Mar 2023 PatrickCampbell
Unidentified 11 Mar 2023 JimL

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User's notes

Bit of a runner along the cliff face.

6 comments

AaronClausen wrote:
   11 Mar 2023
@dcnicholls any thoughts on this one?
dcnicholls wrote:
   11 Mar 2023
It doesn’t look like a fern, and it’s not like any fern I’ve seen in the Canberra region
Tapirlord wrote:
   12 Mar 2023
I disagree, this is a fern though not a Canberran one (location is in the blue mountains). It's something in the blechnum group.
natureguy wrote:
   13 Mar 2023
Yes I was thinking something like this, might be an immature Blechnum wattsi?
dcnicholls wrote:
   13 Mar 2023
Yes. On my phone the vein details were blurred. My Mac shows them clearly. Could well be a juvenile B. wattsii
   25 Mar 2023
This is definitely a young Blechnum sp.
It's harder to be certain of species at this age with the photo provided.

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 5 Mar 2023 11:13 AM Recorded on
  • JimL Recorded by

Additional information

  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Blechnum sp. Scientific name
  • A Hard Fern Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1080.42m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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