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Schizaea (Schizaeaceae)

 

 
Tasmania has three native species of Schizaea (comb ferns). These are small plants that grow on the ground or rarely rocks. The fertile fronds have a slender stalk (sometimes branched) that ends in a comb-like structure that contains the spores. Sterile fronds are not leaf-like, rather they can be absent, or similar to the fertile fronds (but lacking the combs, and sometimes more branched).
 

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