Scientific Name: Hymenophyllum marginatum

Common Name: bordered filmyfern

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Hymenophyllaceae

Form Description: Tiny epiphytic or lithophytic fern, with long creeping, thread-like rootstock; fronds, 1-3cm long, light green with black, wavy margins.

Height (m): 0.01 – 0.03

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationRainforest
Habitat Notes

Common and widespread in the west and south of the State with scattered records from the east coast. Occurs on rocks, logs and a range of tree species. Grows in rainforest but also in high sheltered granite ledges and crevices where its fronds shrivel in summer.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Rocky, Shady

General Notes

Can be grown on a slab of tree-fern fibre in a bottle or terrarium.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Collect spores when mature on the frond. Unripe sori are generally light green then change to yellowish-brown and to dark brown or black when mature. Place fronds, or portions of fronds, containing ripe spores in a paper bag and leave in a dry and draught-free place. Spores should begin to release immediately and all spores are released within days unless the species has tough, leathery fronds. Some species produce large quantities of spores from one frond, others require many fronds to produce similar quantities.

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate by division.