Scientific Name: Notogrammitis garrettii Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: sandstone fingerfern

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Grammitidaceae

Form Description: Small fern, similar to Notogrammitis crassior but with larger fronds and without the creeping rhizome.

Municipality
Huon Valley
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Possibly restricted to alpine and sub-alpine sandstone in the extreme south-east of the State. Grows from sheltered rock ledges with other Notogrammitis species or as the sole species on extremely exposed sites.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Shady, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

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