Mother Shield Fern

	Photographer - John Broomfield Source - Museum Victoria		Photographer - John Broomfield Source - Museum Victoria
	Photographer - John Broomfield Source - Museum Victoria

Polystichum proliferum

The Mother Shield Fern is a large tufted fern with long arched fronds, occurring in large spreading colonies.

Plantlets are produced at the tips of the fronds that, after taking root, enable the colony to expand.