Ophioglossum pendulum—Ribbon Fern—OPHIOGLOSSACEAE.
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Habitat—Grows in rainforest, often forming large clumps, usually pendent from the nests of Platycerium species. Distribution—;North from Forster, (also recorded from the Hunter River) New South Wales and extending into Queensland. Also on Madagascar to Hawaiian Islands., New Guinea to Japan. Description—Pendent epiphyte fern to 2 m long (occasionally grows on rocks);rhizome short-creeping, 1 to 3 cm long Local occurrences—
Booti Hill,
Cape Hawke,
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney,
Sea Acres National Park,
Seven Mile Beach and Green Point,
Tiona and
Zamia Place Reserve.
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Fronds.—Fronds 1-6; sterile lamina to 200 cm long and 10-20 mm wide, sometimes forked towards the apex; lamina grading into the common stalk. |
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Sori.—Fertile spike arising from near base of sterile lamina, 5 to 30 cm long on a short stalk 1 to 5 cm long. |