Haplopteris ensiformis, commonly known as the tape fern or shoestring fern, is a species of small fern native to tropical areas from eastern Africa and Madagascar, through south and southeast Asia, to Australia and islands of the Pacific. It grows on rocks and tree trunks in rainforest.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tape 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
- Haplopteris flexuosa
- Campyloneurum angustifolium
- Haplopteris anguste-elongata
- Haplopteris elongata
- Vittaria isoetifolia
- Dictymia brownii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Haplopteris
- Species
- Haplopteris ensiformis
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