King Fern at Croajingolong National Park (Vic)
Identification history
| Unidentified | 10 Aug 2020 | Jek |
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5 comments
dcnicholls
wrote:
10 Aug 2020
Really need a closer view of the fronds. Looks like a Blechnum, possibly B.minus?
JackieMiles
wrote:
10 Aug 2020
I'm pretty sure it is Todea. Compare it with my post-fire sighting of that species: https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Sightings/4263916 If you right click on the image and go "open in new tab" it downloads the photo to your computer and you can zoom in for a closer look. The big trunk with numerous small stems arising from it looks just like my Todea shots, but the photo is too distant to be able to see well that the fronds are bipinnate. Way too big for any Blechnum I know.
dcnicholls
wrote:
10 Aug 2020
Yes, that did cross my mind too, with the fat trunks, but I've not seen T. barbara when it's growing back after a fire. I couldn't tell the scale from the photo, and B. nudum can form trunks. I agree with the ID.
Jek
wrote:
11 Aug 2020
Unfortunately I have lost some other images from this site that might have shown it better, but I have edited the sighting to include a cropped image of the original if that helps
Location information
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 11 Mar 2020 03:16 PM Recorded on
- Jek Recorded by
Additional information
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Todea barbara Scientific name
- King Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
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In flower
- External link More information
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- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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