Histiopteris incisa

Common name: Bat's Wing Fern

Family: Dennstaediaceae

Grimwade sheet number: 65A

Original identification: Histiopteris incisa

Distribution (from Flora of Victoria): Vic. All regions except LMAL, MMAL, WIM, RIV, VOLC - all states except WA; New Zealand, South Africa, South America, West Indies.

Common in Victoria, mostly in forested gullies and occasionally samps, readily colonizing forest track margins and ground disturbed by fallen trees etc.

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