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Scientific Name
Tmesipteris obliqua
Family Name
PSILOTACEAE
Common Name
Long fork-fern, Common fork-fern
Status
Height
Flowers
None
Fruit
Spores
Form
Fern ally with thick fleshy rhizome usually buried deeply in host. Stems angular bearing simple ovate leaf-like appendages.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Fern Gullies; Rainforest; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Widespread and common from sea level to 600m in rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest and fern gullies.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Rocky; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Also on mossy logs, rock or soil amongst exposed roots; Epiphytic on dicksonia (rarely cyathea)
General Notes
They have been successfully grown in inflated plastic bags with rhizomes covered by moist spaghum moss. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Feb
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Feb
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May
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Jul
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Sep
Oct
Nov
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Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Sporangia in joined pairs borne on specialised forked bracts
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
No
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
Rhizomes are very brittle and resent disturbance. They seem to do best when grown on sections of tree-fern and require plenty of water, shade and humidity.
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