
Rock Coral-Fern
Gleichenia rupestris
Family Gleicheniaceae
Critically Endangered — VIC: Critically Endangered
About
Gleichenia rupestris is a small fern growing in eastern Australia. Referred to as one of the coral ferns. The specific epithet rupestris refers to it being seen growing near rocks.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Mount Buangor State Park (Atlas of Living Australia, 2025) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Mount Buangor State Park — The Grampians & Western Victoria hikes
Source: Atlas of Living Australia + Wikipedia: Gleichenia rupestris
Photo via iNaturalist Australia (CC-BY 4.0 (Int)), collected by grampianshiker