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Necklace Fern
Asplenium flabellifolium
Asplenium flabellifolium
The rhizome is short and covered with dark brown, shiny, fine-tipped scales. The tip of the frond may take root and produce new plantlets. Occurs in a variety of sheltered moist vegetation types in caves, under rock ledges, in crevices, on logs, tree trunks, on stream banks or on rocks above cliffs or waterfalls.
| Details | Description |
| Type | Fern |
| Group | Fern |
| Identifying Characteristics | |
| Distinctive Features | Characteristic fan-shaped pinnae. |
| Life Form Group | Fern |
| Life Form Codes | Ground Fern (GF) |
| EVC types | EVC 68: Creekline Grassy Woodland |
| Native Status | Native to Australia |
| Taxonomy | |
| Phylum | Charophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida |
| Order | Polypodiales |
| Family | Adiantaceae |
| Genus | Asplenium |
| Species | flabellifolium |
Occurs across Victoria, except the north-west, and in all other Australian states. Also occurs in New Zealand.
Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.
Source: Atlas of Living Australia
| Endangered Status | |
| DEPI Advisory List | Not listed |
| FFG Act | Not listed |
| EPBC Act | Not listed |
The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.
The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.
The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.
