This native groundcover is commonly known as prickly rasp fern.
Blechnum neohollandicum is described as a "fern" in the Blechnaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Previously known as Doodia aspera (Australian Plant Census).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 18 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Bauple Forest, Bidwill, Brooweena, Doongul, Duckinwilla, Dundowran Beach, Howard, Magnolia, Poona, River Heads, St Mary, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Tiaro, Toogoom, Tuan Forest.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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