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Scientific Name

Hymenophyllum australe

Family Name

HYMENOPHYLLACEAE

Common Name

Austral filmy-fern

Status

Height

0.06m - 0.15m (6-15cm) long

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Fern with long, creeping, thread-like rootstock, fronds; 1-3 times pinnate, semi-erect, dark green, veins conspicuous

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Fern Gullies; Rainforest; Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Widespread and abundant in rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest and fern gullies from sea level to 650m. It occupies sites near ground level, soil, rock, mossy logs and the bases of trees and Dicksonia. Occasionally on more exposed, wet rock-faces with H. rarum.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Rocky; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Poor; Well-drained; Rock and mossy logs

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

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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

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

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Not easy from spores.

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

Easily grown by division if given constant high humidity, regular misting, shade and protection from drying winds. Culture in a bottle or terrarium can be successful.