Family: Cyatheaceae
Plant: A tree fern usually 3-6m high with a massive erect rough trunk. Its trunk is thickened into a buttress at its base by masses of wiry roots.
Fronds: Tripinnate usually 2-3m long - but can reach 4.5m - with spaced toothed segments. Stipes dark brown at base. Fronds are green on top but green to glaucous on the underside.
Sori: Round in a single row on each side of the mid-vein.
Trunk: The trunk is thickened into a buttress at its base by masses of wiry roots. Upper parts at least covered by persistent bases of old discarded fronds.
Habitat: Rainforest and in forested gullies and along creek banks in wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Tree fern with massive trunk. Trunk roughened by remnant bases of old fronds. Dull green fronds with spaced segments.
Name:
Cyathea From Greek = cup-shaped
australis From Latin = southern
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Type |
Fern |
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Trunk |
Trunk |
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Fronds |
Form |
Compound |
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Length (Total) |
Very long |
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Other Features |
Toothed/Serrated |
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Sori |
Arrangement |
In rows |
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Rhizome |
Type |
Erect |
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Other Features |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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