Scientific Name: Notogrammitis angustifolia subsp. nothofageti

Common Name: beech fingerfern

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Grammitidaceae

Form Description: Small fern with pendulous, linear fronds, 3-13cm long; lithophytic or epiphytic on tree species e.g. Nothofagus cunninghamii, Olearia argophylla and others.

Height (m): 0.03 – 0.13

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
RainforestRiparian
Habitat Notes

In Australia it is known only in Tasmania, where it is uncommon.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Spores: on the back of the fronds are tiny elliptical patches, obliquely angled with respect to the midvein, which produce spores.

Seed Treatment Notes

There is no record of the species being raised successfully from spores under the usual propagating procedures.