Gleichenia dicarpa R.Br.

Rhizome 1.5–3 mm diam., at first bearing brown lanceolate ciliate scales. Fronds of 1–4 tiers of branches, 10–200 cm or more long; lower tiers often branching, usually more than 15 cm wide. Stipes scattered along rhizome, 6–95 cm long, bearing brown lanceolate ciliate scales; rachis bearing weak brown to white often matted stellate hairs and ciliate scales. Pinnules glabrous above or with scattered hairs along costa, with sparse or dense whitish to ferruginous ciliate scales along costa below; ultimate segments 0.8–1.5 mm long, 0.8–2 mm wide, ±round, obtuse, flat or slightly convex above, pouched below; undersurface white, rarely green. Sori of 2 sporangia.

Found in forest margins and in open forest, heathland, swamps and open situations in soils that remain moist throughout the year.