Sticherus flabellatus, the shiny fan fern, or umbrella fern, is a small fern found in eastern Australia and in New Zealand, northwards from the north-west of the South Island. It is a common and attractive plant with shiny dark foliage and with slightly toothed edges on the smallest parts of the fronds, often seen in large numbers in suitably moist gullies and by creeks.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Shiny fan fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Gleicheniales
- Family
- Gleicheniaceae
- Genus
- Sticherus
- Species
- Sticherus flabellatus
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