Lastreopsis microsora

Creeping Shield Fern
Mount Kembla, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Phylum:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Elaphoglossaceae
Genus:	Lastreopsis
Species:	L. microsora
Binomial name
Lastreopsis microsora (Endl.) Tindale

Lastreopsis microsora, known as the Creeping Shield Fern is a common small plant found in eastern Australia. The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests. It may form large colonies. The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".^[1]

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