Scientific Name: Schizaea bifida
Common Name: forked combfern
Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes
Family: Schizaeaceae
Form Description: Fertile fronds unbranched (or branched once), short, thick, slightly flattened, smooth with large combs. Sterile fronds (rare) unbranched.
Height (m): 0.1 – 0.25
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Habitat Notes
Locally common below 200m in near-coastal sites. Grows in peaty, gravelly or sandy soils in dry sclerophyll forest or heathland.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Exposed, Moist, Shady
Soil Tolerance
Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained
General Notes
Transplanting of most species is very difficult as they do not tolerate disturbance of the root system which is often buried deep in the soil. Plants from a wet habitat over rock are most likely to succeed. Once established they can be maintained in conditions similar to the original habitat.
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Seed Treatment Notes
There is no record of success in spore raising because of the delicate fungal symbiosis.