Family Index

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Scientific Name

Hymenophyllum marginatum

Family Name

HYMENOPHYLLACEAE

Common Name

Bordered filmy-fern

Status

Height

0.01m - 0.03m (1-3cm)

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Tiny epiphytic or lithophytic fern,with long creeping, thread-like rootstock, fronds; light green with black,wavy margins

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Montane Vegetation; Rainforest

Habitat Notes

Common and widespread in the west and south of the State with scattered records from the east coast. Occurs on rocks, logs and a range of tree species but is easily overlooked. Grows in rainforest but also in high sheltered granite crevices and on ledges where its stunted fronds shrivel in summer.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Rocky; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Granite crevices; Rocks, logs and trees

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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May

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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

Unripe sori are generally light green then change to yellowish brown and to dark brown or black when mature.collect mature fronds on folded paper and keep in warm dry place until spores are shed

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

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. Can be grown on a slab of tree-fern fibre in a bottle or terrarium.