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Blanket Fern (<em>Asplenium subglandulosum</em>)

Blanket Fern (Asplenium subglandulosum)

Format ImagePosted on October 2, 2020by Weeds of Melbourne4 Comments on Blanket Fern (Asplenium subglandulosum)

Blanket Fern (Asplenium subglandulosum), a tough indigenous ground fern found throughout Australia and New Zealand as an inhabitant of rock crevices, and a very atypical  …  Read the full post

Necklace Fern (<em>Asplenium flabellifolium</em>)

Necklace Fern (Asplenium flabellifolium)

Format ImagePosted on June 26, 2019by Weeds of Melbourne2 Comments on Necklace Fern (Asplenium flabellifolium)

Necklace Fern (Asplenium flabellifolium), thriving on the bluestone-walled dry moat of a government building. A native fern of southern Australia and New Zealand, this is  …  Read the full post

Variegated Ribbon Fern (<em>Pteris cretica var. albolineata</em>)

Variegated Ribbon Fern (Pteris cretica var. albolineata)

Format ImagePosted on June 12, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Variegated Ribbon Fern (Pteris cretica var. albolineata)

Variegated Ribbon Fern (Pteris cretica var. albolineata) kerbside in a Northcote drainage pit. Sold in Melbourne as early as 1873, the variety remains widely cultivated  …  Read the full post

Ribbon Fern (<em>Pteris cretica complex</em>)

Ribbon Fern (Pteris cretica complex)

Format ImagePosted on May 30, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Ribbon Fern (Pteris cretica complex)

Ribbon Fern (Pteris cretica complex), a pantropical brake from Eurasia and Africa, established in an East Melbourne gutter box. Widely adopted as a cultivated shade  …  Read the full post

Birds Nest Fern (<em>Asplenium nidus complex</em>)

Birds Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus complex)

Format ImagePosted on May 16, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Birds Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus complex)

Birds Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus complex), ferns of tropical and subtropical environments across the Indo-Pacific and favoured pot plants secretly yearning for freedom. Adopted globally  …  Read the full post

Sword or Fishbone Fern (<em>Nephrolepis cordifolia</em>)

Sword or Fishbone Fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)

Format ImagePosted on April 28, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Sword or Fishbone Fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)

Sword or Fishbone Fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia), a pan-tropical fern that was likely indigenous to parts of NSW and Queensland, and has been introduced to other  …  Read the full post

Necklace Fern (<em>Asplenium flabellifolium</em>)

Necklace Fern (Asplenium flabellifolium)

Format ImagePosted on April 25, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Necklace Fern (Asplenium flabellifolium)

Necklace Fern (Asplenium flabellifolium), a native fern of southern Australia growing in colony on adjacent sections of bluestone retaining wall and balustrade in downtown Melbourne,  …  Read the full post

Tender Brake (<em>Pteris tremula</em>)

Tender Brake (Pteris tremula)

Format ImagePosted on April 14, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Tender Brake (Pteris tremula)

Tender Brake (Pteris tremula), a graceful fern that can be found in a variety of covert contexts across Richmond, East Melbourne and Abbotsford, and surely  …  Read the full post

Chinese or Ladder Brake (<em>Pteris vittata</em>)

Chinese or Ladder Brake (Pteris vittata)

Format ImagePosted on April 7, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Chinese or Ladder Brake (Pteris vittata)

Chinese or Ladder Brake (Pteris vittata), established on two structures in Melbourne’s southwest. The last time we checked in with Pteris vittata, it was holding  …  Read the full post

Unidentified shield fern (<em>Polystichum sp.</em>)

Unidentified shield fern (Polystichum sp.)

Format ImagePosted on March 27, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Unidentified shield fern (Polystichum sp.)

Unidentified shield fern (Polystichum sp.), growing on a brick dividing wall separating the front steps of adjacent terrace houses in East Melbourne. This was a  …  Read the full post

Sword Brake (<em>Pteris multifida</em>)

Sword Brake (Pteris multifida)

Format ImagePosted on March 4, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Sword Brake (Pteris multifida)

Sword Brake (Pteris multifida), a spontaneous and covert colonist of Melbourne infrastructure. Although this fern is listed in Flora of Victoria as being known from  …  Read the full post

Chinese or Ladder Brake (<em>Pteris vittata</em>)

Chinese or Ladder Brake (Pteris vittata)

Format ImagePosted on January 8, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Chinese or Ladder Brake (Pteris vittata)

Chinese or Ladder Brake (Pteris vittata), a pantropical fern and a very strange find on the north-facing brick fence to a Richmond home. Chinese Brake  …  Read the full post

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