Pyrrosia rupestris

Rock Felt Fern at Wapengo, NSW

Pyrrosia rupestris at Wapengo, NSW - 19 Jul 2020
Pyrrosia rupestris at Wapengo, NSW - 19 Jul 2020
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Identification history

Unidentified 6 Sep 2020 JackieLambert

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JackieMiles wrote:
   7 Sep 2020
These are the sterile leaves. The long tongue-like ones in your other sighting are the fertile leaves. Had you checked the underside, they would have been covered in brown spores. It grows on rocks and trees in moist shady spots.

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Species information

  • Pyrrosia rupestris Scientific name
  • Rock Felt Fern Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1185.47m Recorded at altitude
  • 59 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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