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Scientific Name
Tmesipteris parva
Family Name
PSILOTACEAE
Common Name
Small Fork-fern
Status
Rare
Height
stems 0.08m (8cm)
Flowers
None
Fruit
Spores
Form
Fern ally with rhizome thick fleshy usually buried in host. Stems very small crowded with curved, narrow leaf-like appendages.
Municipalities
Flinders Island; King Island
Communities
Fern Gullies; Riparian
Habitat Notes
Very rare in Tasmania, known only from King and Flinders Islands. Most common in higher, drier side gullies or drainage channels.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Epiphytic on dicksonia and cyathea australis
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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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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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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