| Mountain Shield Fern | |
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| Mountain Shield Fern at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Phylum: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Pteridopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Elaphoglossaceae |
| Genus: | Lastreopsis |
| Species: | L. silvestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Lastreopsis silvestris D.A.Sm. ex Tindale |
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Lastreopsis silvestris known as the Mountain Shield Fern is a rare plant found in eastern Australia. The habitat is high altitude rainforest on the McPherson Range, on the border of the states of New South Wales and Queensland.[1] The habitat has high rainfall; mists and fogs are frequent. The original specimen was collected by Cyril Tenison White in December 1918, he described them as being “very abundant” .