Long Grass Nature Refuge
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Terrestrial (ground) fern with black, short-creeping rhizome, to about 20cm tall, in subtropical and dry rainforest and the rainforest ecotone. Widespread from E Vic to Nth Qld, Norfolk Is and NZ. Fronds pale green, erect and pinnatifid (once divided, but divisions not extending to rhachis, or stalk), and having small curved teeth and thickened margins. Fertile fronds similar to sterile ones, but with 2-4 rows of sori (spore-bearing organs) on the undersides of the frond, merging with age and away from the midrib. Attractive pot plant for indoors or out, mainly due to the masses of pink/red new fronds which arise when the plant is in active growth. Good in the garden situation as it is tolerant of root competition and is very hardy. Also able to tolerate some direct sun. Propagation by division of clumps or from fresh spore
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