Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
PTERIDOPHYTA
Class
PTERIDOPSIDA
Family
CYATHEACEAE
Genus
Sphaeropteris
Species
australis
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Prickly Treefern
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Uncommon
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Scattered in rainforest on sub-coastal metasediments and volcanic soils
Known location
Lamington NP, Tallebuggera Valley, Darlington Rg
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Banks of lake, river, stream, water course, levees: +/-permanent water, waterhole.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Rainforest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Rainforest, Vine scrub, Vine forest, Closed forest, notophyll vine forest, mesophyll vine forest
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Fern
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations
Queensland Herbarium August 1999