Family Index

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Scientific Name

Crepidomanes venosum

Family Name

HYMENOPHYLLACEAE

Common Name

Veined bristle-fern

Status

Height

0.05m - 0.15m (5-15cm)

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Small epiphytic fern in dense masses, rootstock; creeping, thread-like, fronds; dark green, 1-2 times pinnate, translucent.

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; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Fern Gullies; Rainforest; Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Widespread and common in rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest and in fern gullies from sea level to 600m. Typically epiphytic on live trunks of Dicksonia, rarely on Cyathea or wet rock-faces.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Rocky; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Epiphytic on dicksonia; Occasionally on cyathea or rock

General Notes

Easily grown if given constant high humidity and daily misting. Requires protection from drying winds, in a shady position. May also be cultured in a bottle, terrarium or aquarium. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Sori terminal, bell-shaped with protruding receptacle

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Easily grown on a piece of Dicksonia antarctica in a terrarium etc. as the spores have a special affinity with the root hairs of D. antarctica.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes

Propagate by division.