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Tasmanian Fork Fern

Tmesipteris elongata

Tasmanian Fork Fern
Photo: Alan Liefting at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Family
Psilotaceae (Psilot family)
Grows as
Tree, Fern
Native range
S. Victoria, Tasmania, New Zealand

About

Tmesipteris elongata is a fern endemic to south eastern Australia and New Zealand. Often seen growing on soft tree ferns in moist valleys. It was first described by Pierre Augustin Dangeard in 1891. In Victoria, Australia, it is considered critically endangered.

Other Tmesipteris plants

Banks Peninsula fork fern · Long Forkfern · Oval Fork Fern · Small Forkfern · Fork Fern · Tmesipteris truncata · Fork Ferns

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tmesipteris elongata 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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