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Sighting 4502842

Cheilanthes (genus)

Rock Fern at Yackandandah, VIC

Cheilanthes (genus) at Yackandandah, VIC - 5 Aug 2023 11:08 AM
Cheilanthes (genus) at Yackandandah, VIC - 5 Aug 2023 11:08 AM
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Identification history

Cheilanthes (genus) 11 Jun 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia 5 Aug 2023 KylieWaldon

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User's notes

I presume this is a rock fern. All it had was this frond which was about two inches long. At first I thought it was a moss as it was hanging from the top of the rock/clay bank, but I finger tested it at it is some kind of fern.

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Additional information

  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Cheilanthes (genus) Scientific name
  • Rock Fern Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1034m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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