Family Index

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Scientific Name

Lastreopsis hispida

Family Name

DRYOPTERIDACEAE

Common Name

Bristly shield-fern

Status

Height

0.9m (90cm) long

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Fern ; fronds, erect, finely divided, dark green, thin but harsh, tripinnate or quad- ripinnate, ult. segments narrow, pointed. *

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Derwent Valley; Huon Valley; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Rainforest

Habitat Notes

Uncommon in Tasmania, restricted to rainforest in the west and north-west. Grows in dark, moist and very sheltered habitats close to running water. Occurs from sea-level to 200m (rarely to 300m) where it grows on gravelly soil or on rocks and logs, occasionally as an epiphyte on Dicksonia.

Site Tolerance

Moist; Rocky; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Poor; As an epiphyte on dicksonia; Gravelly soil; Rocks and logs

General Notes

This species is distinguished by its long-creeping rhizome; the dense long brown bristles covering the stipes and the finely divided frond with the narrow ultimate segments. Suitable below powerlines.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

Sori halfway between midvein and margin, indusium dark brown, kidney-shaped. spores are blackish and shed fairly quickly. brown sporangia remain on the fronds, giving false appearance of fertile material

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.

Cutting Notes