Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Dicksonia antarctica

  • Common Name - Australian tree fern
  • Botanical Name - Dicksonia antarctica
  • Family - Dicksoniaceae
  • Bark - black woody trunk
  • Leaf - Pinnately compound, rough-textured, deeply-divided, arching, tri-pinnate fronds
  • Flower - insignificant, spores
  • Bud - basal like at top of trunk
  • Fruit - n/a
  • Habit - upright, broad
  • Form - fern, mounded
  • Size - 12-18 ft
  • Culture - full sun/part shade, humus rich/moist soil
  • Use - specimen plant

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