Common name: Fragrant Fern
Microsorum scandens (G.Forst.) Tindale APNI* Synonyms: Polypodium scandens G.Forst. APNI*
Phymatosorus scandens (G.Forst.) Pic.Serm. APNI*
Description: Rhizome very long-creeping, tough and wiry, scales spreading and persistent.
Fronds 20–50 cm long, simple or pinnatifid, both types often present together and both may be fertile; stipe to 20 cm long; lamina to 35 cm long, membranous, dark green, with a musk scent when fresh.
Sori usually 1–3 mm diam., circular or ovate, sunken into the lamina.
Distribution and occurrence: Creeping fern, often forming mats on boulders and tree trunks, widespread in rainforest and fern gullies.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, CWS, LHI
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: P.D. Bostock & T.M. Spokes (1998)
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