Upright for c.½ length then pendent. 2-3 times branched. Lvs 1.5mm broad at base, 1.5cm long, narrowing to long awl-shaped tip. Sterile for lower 35cm fertile for upper 25cm. Fertile lvs little different. Shorter (1cm long), softer, less spreading. Sporangia with very short stalk at base of leaf.