Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
Class
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
Family
ASPARAGACEAE
Genus
Asparagus
Species
plumosus
Fauna
False
Mapping

Common name
Feathered Asparagus Fern
Alternate name
Climbing Asparagus Fern
Historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Eucalypt Forest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Spread by birds and garden dumping.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Perennial twining climber with scattered spines on stems. Branches more or less horizontal. ‘Leaves’ (actually short stems called cladodes) to 0.7cm long. Small green-white flowers on the tips of branches followed by berries about 0.5cm across, blue-black and ripe in autumn/winter. Roots (rhizomes) fibrous and fleshy.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations