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Dictymia brownii
Strap fern is a rainforest fern from eastern Australia that usually grows as an epiphyte on branches or as a lithophyte on rocks. It needs shade, humidity and steady moisture, and is rarely grown as a houseplant.
Dictymia brownii, known as the strap fern, is a species of fern found in and near rainforest in eastern Australia. It is usually seen hanging from branches, or growing on rocks. There is a surprising record of this plant in the northern Sydney suburb of Berowra.
This species was named in honour of the Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dictymia brownii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
