Schizeaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Schizaea dichotoma
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/116177
Rhizome short-creeping, densely clothed with glossy dark brown hairs. Fronds clustered, erect, (3.5–) 10–50 cm long, scabrid; unbranched portion 1–2 mm wide, subterete, flattened on 1 side, brown near base, clothed with long brown hairs, green above; hairs scattered; sterile frond shorter than sporogenous frond, dividing above middle into a dichotomously branched, flabellate portion, with 20–180 flat asperous acute branchlets; sporogenous frond similar, but branching more open; sporogenous heads 7–15 mm long, 1–3 times longer than broad; segments 3–9 mm long, scabrid; margins with numerous long hairs. Sporangia mixed with hairs.
Widespread across tropical and subtropical coastal Australia.
Terrestrial, usually in vine forest, particularly beach scrubs and sandy areas adjacent watercourses. Also in rocky areas in open mid-montane vine forest.
Considered difficult to propagate and establish.
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