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Sticherus tener
Sticherus tener, also known as silky fan-fern, is a common native ground-fern in the family Gleicheniaceae. It occurs growing along watercourses and drainage lines in rainforest that are dominated by Nothofagus cunninghamii. In Australia, it occurs in the states of Tasmania and Victoria. In New Zealand, it is known from two disjoint regions on the South Island. Like in other members of this genus, Sticherus tener have bright green fronds with repeatedly forking branches, branches bearing linear-shaped segments at almost right angles to the axis and form umbrella-like bush colony.
Sticherus tener is found in the states of Tasmania and Victoria in Australia, and in the South Island of New Zealand. In Tasmania, Sticherus tener is widespread and common throughout the state, but more abundant in the western region compared to the east. In Victoria, it is more restricted to the Otways and Powelltown regions and less common in other region of the state. There are additional records of Stecherus tener along the coastal regions of New South Wales and a single record near Townsville in Queensland, but these records require further proper and authenticated information sources. In New Zealand, Sticherus tener is found in two disjunct regions on the South Island. These two regions comprise Stockton and Denniston Plateaus near Westport and on Resolution and Anchor Islands and Mt. Hodges in Fiordland.
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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.
