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Scientific Name
Lastreopsis hispida
Family Name
DRYOPTERIDACEAE
Common Name
Bristly shield-fern
Status
Height
0.9m (90cm) long
Flowers
None
Fruit
Spores
Form
Fern ; fronds, erect, finely divided, dark green, thin but harsh, tripinnate or quad- ripinnate, ult. segments narrow, pointed. *
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Rainforest
Habitat Notes
Uncommon in Tasmania, restricted to rainforest in the west and north-west. Grows in dark, moist and very sheltered habitats close to running water. Occurs from sea-level to 200m (rarely to 300m) where it grows on gravelly soil or on rocks and logs, occasionally as an epiphyte on Dicksonia.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Rocky; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Poor; As an epiphyte on dicksonia; Gravelly soil; Rocks and logs
General Notes
This species is distinguished by its long-creeping rhizome; the dense long brown bristles covering the stipes and the finely divided frond with the narrow ultimate segments. Suitable below powerlines.Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Sori halfway between midvein and margin, indusium dark brown, kidney-shaped. spores are blackish and shed fairly quickly. brown sporangia remain on the fronds, giving false appearance of fertile material
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Suitable for Direct Seeding
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Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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