Scientific Name: Blechnum patersonii subsp. patersonii

Common Name: strap waterfern

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Blechnaceae

Form Description: Terrestrial, occasionally lithophytic.

Municipality
Break O’DayDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayKentishKing IslandLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest Tamar
Plant Communities
RainforestWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Found in dark locations beside running water.

General Notes

Very hardy; clump or slow spreading; red new growth. Frog habitat.

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