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Gleichenia microphylla

Gleichenia microphylla
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0
Family
Gleicheniaceae (Gleicheni family)
Grows as
Fern
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Indo-China to Malesia, SE. Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Gleichenia microphylla is a small fern growing in Australia and New Zealand.

Some of the other common names include: scrambling coral fern, umbrella fern, parasol fern, carrier tangle, matua-rarauhe, matuku, tapuwae kotuku, waewae kaka, waewae kotuku and waewae matuku.

Other Gleichenia plants

Dwarf Coral Fern · Alpine Bluebells · Pouched Coral Fern · Coral Fern · Gleichenia rupestris · Tangle Ferns

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gleichenia microphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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