Common name
Alpine Water-fern
Family
Blechnaceae
Grimwade Sheet No.
14
Original identification
Blechnum penna-marina
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria)
Vic. SNOW, EG - also NSW, Tas (including Macquarie Island); New Zealand, South America.
Almost exclusively alpine in Victoria, forming small colonies in exposed, flat and boggy areas (commonly growing through sphagnum moss hummocks), near streams, rocky areas irrigated by melting snow, but also sometimes found in moist shaded areas down to about the snowline.