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Glossy Shield Fern

Lastreopsis marginans

Glossy Shield Fern
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Dryopteridaceae (Wood fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Lastreopsis marginans, known as the glossy or bordered shield fern is a fern found in eastern Australia. The habitat is rainforest or wet sclerophyll forest. Fronds are crowded and erect, between 50 and 90 cm long, coloured a glossy dark green. The lectotype was collected near the Clarence River by Hermann Beckler.

Other Lastreopsis plants

Trim Shield Fern · Hairy Fern · Parapolystichum nephrodioides · Lastreopsis silvestris · Lastreopsis subrecedens · Shieldfern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lastreopsis marginans 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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