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Scientific Name
Schizaea bifida
Family Name
SCHIZAEACEAE
Common Name
Forked comb-fern
Status
Height
fronds 0.1m - 0.25m (10-25cm)
Flowers
None
Fruit
Spores
Form
Fertile fronds unbranched (or branched once), short, thick, slightly flattened, smooth with large combs. Sterile fronds (rare) unbranched.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Coastal Vegetation; Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland
Habitat Notes
Locally common below 200m in near-coastal sites. Grows in peaty, gravelly or sandy soils in dry sclerophyll forest or heathland.
Site Tolerance
Dry; Exposed; Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Poor; Sandy; Well-drained; Gravelly; Peaty
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Feb
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
There is no record of success in spore raising because of the delicate fungal symbiosis.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
No
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
Transplanting of most species is very difficult as they do not tolerate disturbance of the root system which is often buried deep in the soil. Plants from a wet habitat over rock are most likely to succeed. Once established they can be maintained in conditions similar to the original habitat.
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