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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Necklace Fern

Reference
Descr.Pl. 257 (1801)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, perennial, herb or (fern), 0.1-0.85 m high, fronds 1-pinnate; rachis trailing, young plant developing on end; sori several per pinna, linear. Fl. Oct. Lateritic gravel, sandy loam. Rocky crevices, on tree trunks in wet forest, granite rock.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 October 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Denmark, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Manjimup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.