Ferns

Polypodiophyta in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 1 October 2008)

Plants in Australia

Adiantum aethiopicum
Maidenhair Fern
Sydney, August 2006

Asplenium australasicum
Birds-nest Fern
Sydney, August 2006

Azolla pinnata
Feathered Mosquito Fern
Wyee, December 2006

Cheilanthes lasiophylla
Woolly Cloak Fern
Broken Hill
Photo: courtesy of the Laura Levens

Cyathea australis
Rough Tree Fern
Sydney, September 2006

Dicksonia antarctica
Soft Tree Fern
Sydney, August 2006

Nephrolepis bostoniensis
Boston Fern
Sydney, August 2006

Platycerium bifurcatum
Staghorn
Sydney, October 2006

Polypodium species
Polypody
Sydney, August 2006

Pteridium esculentum
Bracken
Sydney, August 2006

Pteris tremula
Shaking Brake
Sydney, October 2008

Salvinia molesta
Salvinia
Sydney, October 2006

Fern 01
Sydney, August 2006

Fern 03
Sydney, August 2006

Climbing Fern
Sydney, August 2006

Australian species of Lepidoptera that have caterpillars that feed on Ferns include:

Callopistria maillardi
Idiodes apicata
Metrocampa ada
Metrocampa biplaga
Hypochrysops hippuris
Hypochrysops theon
Teia anartoides
Cataclysta camptozonale
Samea multiplicalis
Epiphyas postvittana
Cryptoptila immersana
Musotima ochropteralis

  • Hedraea quadridens
  • Hemichloreis exoterica
  • Musotima nitidalis
  • Calicotis crucifera

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