Common name
Bat's Wing Fern
Family
Dennstaediaceae
Grimwade Sheet No.
65A
Original identification
Histiopteris incisa
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria)
Vic. all regions except MMAL, LMAL, 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.