Scientific Name: Tmesipteris elongata

Common Name: narrow forkfern

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Psilotaceae

Form Description: Fern ally with thick fleshy rhizome usually buried deeply in host; stems, up to 30cm, angular bearing simple ovate leaf-like appendages.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKingboroughWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Rainforest
Habitat Notes

Uncommon in Tasmania. Largest populations in rainforests of the north-west with only scattered occurrences elsewhere. Observed as an epiphyte on Dicksonia only.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady

General Notes

Have been successfully grown in inflated plastic bags with rhizomes covered by moist sphagnum moss. Rhizomes are very brittle and resent disturbance. Do best when grown on sections of tree-fern and require plenty of water, shade and humidity.

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Propagation Method
Specialist Method

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Sporangia in joined pairs borne on specialised bracts.