Stenochlaena palustris (climbing swamp fern)

Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd. (1876) . 

Field et al. (2022) Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes information system,
quotation: “ 

Distribution 
Tropical NT and NE QLD from Torres Strait to Halifax Bay. Also Asia and Malesia.

Habit and habitat 
Terrestrial, often climbing on trees in paperbark swamp forest or palm swamp forest and on creek banks in rainforest.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd. (1876): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/67625/api/apni-format .
Viewed: 2025 June 10th and 2026 April 16th . 

• Field Ashley R, Qld Herbarium (2026) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Special Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th and Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status viewed 2026 April 16th . 

• Field Ashley R., Chris J. Quinn and Frank A. Zich (2022) 
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes botanical information system and matrix key.:
Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd. fact sheet → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/ferns/text/entities/stenochlaena_palustris.htm
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/
Australian Tropical Herbarium, Cairns;
Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra;
Identic, Brisbane.
Viewed: 2025 June 10th and 2026 April 16th .

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