Lindsaeaceae

Indusium opening outwards towards the margin, attached at the base (Fig. 16). Pinnules cuneate, flabellate or dimidiate. Lindsaeaceae

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Fronds 1-pinnate, linear, dimorphic; the fertile fronds narrower and taller than the sterile fronds

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Stipe and rhachis dark purplish or red-brown or black. Primary pinnae flabellate (Fig. 16). Widespread. Open forests, heath or scrub (often Leptospermum). Sandy soil, near swamps or amongst grass in damp situations. Screw Fern Lindsaea linearis

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Stipe (except near the base) and rhachis yellowish. Primary pinnae cuneate-flabellate to subdimidiate. Coast and Cumberland Plain. Heath; Open forests. Damp hillsides, in sandy or peaty soil often under dry grass Lindsaea dimorpha