Drynaria quercifolia (L.) J.Sm.

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Smith, J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1841), Enumeratio Filicum Philippinarum; or a systematic arrangement of the ferns collected by H. Cuming, Esq., F.L.S., in the Philippine islands and the peninsula of Malacca, between the years 1836 and 1840. The Journal of Botany 3(24): 398

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Common Name

Oakleaf Fern.

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Description

Rhizome c. 2 cm or more thick, having a persistently woolly appearance. Scales 2–25 mm long, 0.7–2.5 mm wide, soft, ginger-coloured to dark brown, tapering gradually from the base to the narrow acute apex; margins paler, bearing fine hair-like teeth. Nest fronds ±ovate, 5.5–40 cm long, 9–25.5 cm wide, shallowly to ±deeply lobed; lobes rounded. Foliage fronds commonly from 28 cm to over 1 m long; stipes (0–) 1–7.5 cm long, winged almost to the base. Lamina deeply pinnatifid, coriaceous, pale to mid-green in life; lobes strap-like, narrowed slightly towards the base, tapering to an acute or obtuse apex, 1.5–32 cm long, 1.1–4.9 cm wide. Sori round, 1–2 mm diam., in 2 ± regular rows between adjacent main lateral veins of foliage leaves, not or only slightly impressed into the laminal surface. Spores 37.5–55 µm long, 22.5–37.5 µm wide.

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Chromosome Numbers

2n = 74, Löve et al. , Cytotaxonomical Atlas of the Pteridophyta 90 (1977).

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Biostatus

Native.

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Distribution

Occurs in the northern parts of W.A. and N.T. and in north-eastern Qld, north of about 15°S; also from Sri Lanka to New Britain.

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Habitat

Terrestrial among rocks or epiphytic on tree trunks, in open forest, rainforest margins and in dry rainforest.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

W.A.: Bachsten Creek Falls, W Kimberley, 5 June 1988, W.M. Molyneux s.n. (PERTH). 

N.T.: vicinity of Cannon Hill, P. Martensz AE311 (BRI, DNA). 

Qld: Lockerbie, 16 km WSW of Somerset, L.J. Brass 18640 (BRI); Lizard Is., R.L. Specht & A. Specht LI217 (BRI); loc. id. , R.L. Specht LI173 (BRI).

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Illustrations

F.M. Bailey, Lithograms of the Ferns of Queensland 167 (1892); D.L. Jones. & S.C. Clemesha, Australian Ferns and Fern Allies 2nd edn, 137, fig. 163 (1981); S.B. Andrews, Ferns of Queensland 276, fig. 28.3C (1990); J.R. Wheeler (ed.) et al., Flora of the Kimberley Region: 41, fig. 4A (1992); J. Beasley, Plants of Cape York 138 (2009).

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Bibliography

Beasley, J. (2009). Plants of Cape York: The Compact Guide. (John Beasley).

Wheeler, J.R. (1992). Polypodiaceae, in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) et al., Flora of the Kimberley Region, p. 40. (Department of Conservation and Land Management: Como, W.A.).

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Source

Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 48 (1998), a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia

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© Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2024
Last updated: Unknown; Feb 29, 2024 12:32 Status: Legacy

Author - Peter D. Bostock, Tracey M. Spokes

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Cite this profile as: Peter D. Bostock, Tracey M. Spokes. Drynaria quercifolia, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Drynaria%20quercifolia [Date Accessed: 19 September 2025]