Parapolystichum microsorum

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| image = Fern_Mt_Kembla.JPG

| image_caption = Mount Kembla, Australia

| genus = Parapolystichum

| species = microsorum

| authority = (Endl.) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran

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P. microsorum subsp. microsorum:

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|Aspidium acuminatum var. villosum|Bailey

|Aspidium microsorum|(Endl.) Kaulf.

|Lastreopsis microsora|(Endl.) Tindale

|Dryopteris albovillosa|Watts

|Dryopteris baileyana|Domin

|Lastrea microsora|(Endl.) C.Presl

|Nephrodium microsorum|Endl.

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P. microsorum subsp. pentagulare:

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|Aspidium pentangularum|(Colenso) Colenso

|Ctenitis pentangularis|(Colenso) Alston

|Nephrodium pentangularum|Colenso

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Parapolystichum microsorum, synonym (in part) Lastreopsis microsora, known as the creeping shield fern is a common small plant found in eastern Australia and New Zealand.Brownsey & Dodsworth, New Zealand Ferns, David Bateman Ltd Auckland 2000, {{ISBN|1869530039}} The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests. It may form large colonies. The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, {{ISBN|978-0-7318-1211-0}} page 312