Blechnum penna-marina
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Family Blechnaceae
Taxonomy: Blechnum penna-marina (Poir.) Kuhn
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Austroblechnum penna-marina (Poir.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lomaria penna-marina (Poir.) Trevis. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Polypodium penna-marina Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Spicanta penna-marina (Poir.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Struthiopteris penna-marina (Poir.) Maxon & C.V.Morton (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas, MI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Carey_2003 (3), Mokany_2015 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 7 traits from 7 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Carey_2003]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Carey_2003]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 1178.1 mm2 (1178.1-1178.1 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: Carey_2003]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carey_2003 | 3 | 3 | A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Mokany_2015 | 1 | 1 | K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |