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Lastreopsis silvestris D.A.Sm. ex Tindale
Family Dryopteridaceae
Common name: Mountain Shield Fern

Lastreopsis silvestris D.A.Sm. ex Tindale APNI*

Description: Rhizome long-creeping, younger parts densely covered with dark brown scales.

Fronds erect, 3–4-pinnate, mostly 50–80 cm long; lamina dark green; upper pinnae often with basal lobes fused to rachis; ultimate segments with margins crenate; stipe bearing black, long-lanceolate scales at the base; stipe and rachis and veins with dense, soft pale to reddish brown hairs.

Sori circular, the indusium brown, persistent.


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Distribution and occurrence: In rainforest at higher altitudes in the Border Ranges; rare in N.S.W.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: D.L. Jones (1998)


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