Arthropteris tenella —Climbing Fishbone Fern—DAVALLIACEAE
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Habitat—Widespread in rainforest, growing on rocks or trees Distribution—From southern New South Wales to north Queensland. Description—Rhizome very long—creeping, rigid, to 6 mm diam., densely covered with brown scales. Local occurrences— Barrington/Gloucester Tops,
Bennett Head,
Boorganna Nature Reserve,
Booti Hill,
Cape Hawke,
Copeland,
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney,
Wingham Brush and
Zamia Place Reserve.
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Fronds.—Fronds erect to pendent, usually 25 to 45 cm long, sometimes to 60 cm long; stipe to 8 cm long, yellowish to reddish brown, scaly; lamina bright green, glossy, thinly leathery, narrow-elliptic; pinnae 3 to 10 cm long, apex of upper pinnae acuminate, that of lower pinnae acute or obtuse, margins entire or crenulate, glabrous or with a few scattered white hairs. |
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Sori.—Sori ± circular, indusium absent |