Lastreopsis microsora —Creeping Shield-fern—DRYOPTERIDACEAE
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Habitat—Rainforests and eucalypt forests, beside creeks and on gently sloping sides of gullies. Distribution—Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Description—. A terrestrial fern with a height of 30-100 cm, widely spreading with a long-creeping, thin rhizome usually densely covered by brown scales. Local occurrences— Barrington/Gloucester Tops,
Boorganna Nature Reserve,
Booti Hill,
Copeland,
Waitui Falls,
Wingham Brush and
Zamia Place Reserve.
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Fronds.— Laminae, 20 to 50 cm in length, 15 to 50 cm in width, are widely spaced along the rhizome, divided four times and broadly triangular—shaped. They are soft, flaccid, coloured bright green. and have a fine cover of hairs. |
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Sori.—. Sori are circular with peltate or kidney—shaped indusia. |