Scientific Name: Notogrammitis pseudociliata

Common Name: hairy fingerfern

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Grammitidaceae

Form Description: Small fern; rootstock erect to creeping, fronds, 2-10cm long, matt, pale-green and densely hairy often with irregular margins.

Height (m): 0.02 – 0.1

Municipality
BurnieHuon ValleyTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
RainforestRiparian
Habitat Notes

Common in lowland forests of the north-west but localised elsewhere, growing as an epiphyte in rainforest on Eucryphia lucida and Atherosperma moschatum.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

General Notes

Epiphytic

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Sori: 8-12 pairs, oblong. 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.