Asplenium trichomanes (Common Spleenwort)

<p>The status of this widespread cosmopolitan&nbsp;fern in the ACT region is uncertain. There are only &nbsp;few recent records, mainly from limestone area such as London Bridge and the Cotter Caves. It is also known from areas in Namadgi and is probably more widespread than current records indicate.</p> <p>It is recognised by the stiff and erect, simply <span id="glc175_16" class="glossary-term">pinnate fronds which are &lt;30mm wide and&nbsp;5-20cm long&nbsp;with terminal segment or pinna. Stipe and rachis is dark red-brown and without scales, old base persisting on rhizome.</span></p> <div id="glcDiv_175_16" class="glcDiv" style="background: #666666; display: none; position: absolute;"> <div class="glcDefinition"><strong>Pinnate:</strong><br />With leaflets arranged regularly in two rows on either side of a stalk as in a feather; the lamina on a fern is divided into separate pinnae</div> <div class="glcThumbnails"><a title="&lt;strong&gt;Caption:&lt;/strong&gt; A pinnately compound leaf &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photographer:&lt;/strong&gt; Illustration by Sue Wickison" href="http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/glossary_images/Pinnately-compound-SW-Lge.jpg" rel="lightbox394"><img title="Click to enlarge" src="http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/glossary_images/Pinnately-compound-SW-Lge.jpg.ashx?w=100&amp;h=100" /></a><a title="&lt;strong&gt;Caption:&lt;/strong&gt; A pinnate leaf &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photographer:&lt;/strong&gt; Tony Foster" href="http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/glossary_images/pinnate-TF-Lge.jpg" rel="lightbox394"><img title="Click to enlarge" src="http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/glossary_images/pinnate-TF-Lge.jpg.ashx?w=100&amp;h=100" /></a></div> <div class="glcB"> <div class="glcClick_To_Enlarge">Click thumbnails to enlarge</div> <div class="glcClose"><a><img src="http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/images/glcClose.gif" /></a></div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>