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Filmy Fern

Hymenophyllum cupressiforme

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) jenaoides, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 17, February 18, March 32, April 54, May 55, June 55, July 56, August 46, September 42, October 25, November 33, December 27.
Australia460
Victoria265
New Zealand125
New South Wales116
Tasmania70
Wellington Region20
Auckland Region17
Tasman Region17
Northland Region14
Canterbury Region14

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderFilmy Ferns and Bristle Ferns · Hymenophyllales
FamilyFilmy Ferns and Bristle Ferns · Hymenophyllaceae
Genusfilmy ferns · Hymenophyllum

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