This native groundcover is commonly known as sword fern.
Microsorum punctatum is described as a "fern" in the Polypodiaceae 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.
Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting).
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 the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 8 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Dundowran Beach, K'gari, Mount Urah, Point Vernon, River Heads, St Mary, Toogoom.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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