This native groundcover
is commonly known as
bay basket fern.
Drynaria x dumicola
is described as a "fern"
in the
Polypodiaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Vulnerable.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
A natural hybrid between Drynaria sparsisoria and Drynaria rigidula. In the Fraser Coast region found only at Mary River Heads. Also reported outside of the region at Goodnight Scrub. Listed as a priority locally significant species in the Fraser Coast Region Threatened Species Action Plan (Ecosure 2019, Stage 2 TSAP for Fraser Coast LGA, version R3, Report to Fraser Coast Regional Council. Brisbane.).
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: River Heads.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
