Stony Range RBG FloraBanksia serrata Bird’s Nest Fern Boronia mollis x fraseri Broad-leaved Drumsticks Cabbage Tree Palm Cyathea australis Flame Pea Flannel Flower Fuchsia Heath Native Violet Pink Rock Orchid Pittosporum revolutum Staghorn

The Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), also known as Crow’s Nest Fern, is an epiphytic Australasian species of fern. There are wonderful examples of this fern in the Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden.

Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Bird’s Nest Fern (Asplenium australasicum), Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • Family: Aspleniaceae
  • Genus: Asplenium
  • Species: Asplenium australasicum

Footnote & References

  1. Asplenium australasicum (J.Sm.) Hook., Bird’s Nest Fern, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2887780

Stony Range RBG FloraBanksia serrata Bird’s Nest Fern Boronia mollis x fraseri Broad-leaved Drumsticks Cabbage Tree Palm Cyathea australis Flame Pea Flannel Flower Fuchsia Heath Native Violet Pink Rock Orchid Pittosporum revolutum Staghorn

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