This native groundcover
is commonly known as
creeping shield fern.
Parapolystichum microsorum
is described as a "fern"
in the
Dryopteridaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Previously known as Lastreopsis microsora subsp. microsora (Queensland Flora Census 2020). Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 3 Fraser Coast localities: Teddington, Bauple, Takura.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
