Scientific Name: Lindsaea trichomanoides
Common Name: oval wedgefern
Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes
Family: Lindsaeaceae
Form Description: Fern with fronds, 5-25cm long, usually bipinnate in the lower part, on wiry, shiny reddish stipes; rhizome short-creeping; pinnae oval or obovate.
Height (m): 0.05 – 0.25
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Habitat Notes
A rare rainforest species of western and southern Tasmania. Terrestrial; found in dark, moist and sheltered situations; also on rotting logs and as a low epiphyte on Nothofagus cunninghamii and Lagarostrobos franklinii.
Site Tolerance
Moist, Rocky, Shady
Soil Tolerance
Well-drained
General Notes
Difficult to grow.
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Seed Collection
Sori marginal. 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.