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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

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

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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