Aspleniaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Asplenium simplicifrons
Asplenium simplicifrons F.Muell.
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/105950
Narrow-Leaf Birds-Nest Fern
Epiphytic on tree trunks and buttresses or lithophytic on boulders in high-rainfall vine forest. Usually a subcanopy epiphyte in lower semi-shaded strata of forest canopy.
Endemic to NE QLD from Mt Finnegan to the Eungella.
Epiphytic on tree trunks and buttresses or lithophytic on boulders in high-rainfall vine forest. Usually a subcanopy epiphyte in lower strata.
An attractive horticultural fern.
Readily cultivated in a container of coarse free draining material or on rocks or a tree in a shaded tropical garden or fernery. This species requires more regular watering and higher humidity than Asplenium nidus and A. australasicum. It is particularly succeptible to white-scale.
Field AR, Quinn CJ, Zich FA (2022) Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/intro/index.htm (accessed online INSERT DATE).
Field AR, Quinn CJ, Zich FA (2022) ‘Platycerium superbum’, in Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/entities/platycerium_superbum.htm (accessed online INSERT DATE).