Scientific Name: Blechnum neohollandicum

Common Name: prickly raspfern

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Blechnaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Terrestrial fern with clustered erect fronds.

Height (m): 0.2 – 0.45

Municipality
Break O’Day
Plant Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Known from a single site near Chain of Lagoons.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

Use a moisture-retaining medium and a pot that allows drainage. Sterilise medium and container with boiling water. Sow spores by sprinkling a small amount onto the surface of the medium. Cover immediately with clean glass or plastic wrap. Leave in a warm area in strong, but not direct, sunlight. Specks of green appear after 2-4 weeks. These are the young prothalli. During the next 6-12 months they are at risk from overcrowding and pathogens. When the first fronds appear the sporelings can be slowly hardened by gradual removal of the container cover. Take care to avoid drying out. Prick out sporelings when the second frond appears.

Cutting & Division Information

Ferns producing stolons such as Blechnum species can be propagated by removing offsets from the rootstock. This method has a high success rate.