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Scientific Name
Tmesipteris elongata
Family Name
PSILOTACEAE
Common Name
Narrow fork-fern
Status
Height
stems 0.3m (30cm)
Flowers
None
Fruit
Spores
Form
Fern ally with thick fleshy rhizome usually buried deeply in host, stems; angular bearing simple ovate leaf-like appendages.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast
Communities
Rainforest
Habitat Notes
Uncommon in Tasmania. Largest populations in rainforests of the north west with only scattered occurrences elsewhere. Observed only as an epiphyte on Dicksonia and seems to favour drier microhabitats at lower altitudes than T. obliqua.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Epiphytic on dicksonia
General Notes
They have been successfully grown in inflated plastic bags with rhizomes covered by moist spaghum moss. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
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
Sporangia in joined pairs borne on specialised bracts
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
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
Rhizomes are very brittle and resent disturbance. They seem to do best when grown on sections of tree-fern and require plenty of water, shade and humidity.
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