Family Index

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Scientific Name

Grammitis poeppigiana

Family Name

GRAMMITIDACEAE

Common Name

Matted finger fern, Alpine finger fern

Status

Height

0.01m - 0.035m (1-3.5cm) long

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Small fern, with rootstock creeping, much-branched

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Montane Vegetation

Habitat Notes

Grows on mossy rocks, deep within the protection of large boulders or on semi-exposed rock ledges and crevices. Occurs on most exposed, doleritic high mountain summits in Tasmania. May be confused with matted forms of G magellania, G. gunnii or G. Garrettii.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Rocky; Rocky, Moist

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Well-drained; Grows on mossy rocks

General Notes

There is no record of the species being raised successfully from spores under the usual propagating procedures. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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

Spores: on the back of the fronds are tiny elliptical patches, obliquely angled with respect to the mid-vein, which produce spores

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

There is no record of the species being raised successfully from spores under the usual propagating procedures.

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.

Cutting Notes