This native groundcover is commonly known as rough maidenhair-fern.
Adiantum hispidulum is described as a "fern" in the Pteridaceae 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.
See the four varieties of this species recorded in Wide Bay district.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 30 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Bauple Forest, Bidwill, Boompa, Brooweena, Doongul, Duckinwilla, Dundathu, Dundowran, Gigoomgan, Glenorchy, Granville, Gunalda, Howard, Kanigan, K'gari, Magnolia, Malarga, Mount Urah, Owanyilla, Poona, St Mary, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Tiaro, Tinana, Tuan Forest, Yengarie, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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