This native groundcover
is commonly known as
creeping shield fern.
Parapolystichum munitum
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 munita (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 but is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Woocoo.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
