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unusual facts about tree fern



Cyathea alderwereltii

Cyathea alderwereltii is a species of tree fern endemic to Mount Sago in central Sumatra, where it is nevertheless abundant and grows in forest at an altitude of 1000-1500 m.

Cyathea excavata

Cyathea excavata is a species of tree fern endemic to the Cameron Highlands in Peninsular Malaysia, where it grows in habitats ranging from forest, streamsides, clearings and open grassy areas at an altitude of approximately 1800 m.

Masafuera Rayadito

The species' natural habitat is humid montane scrub, dominated by tree ferns (Dicksonia externa) and ferns (Lophosoria quadripinnata) between 800–1300 m above sea level (though they will descend lower during the austral winter).

Mount Sage National Park

Other flora found within the park are: Guavaberry, large patches of moss, epiphytes or air plants, Elephant Ear Vine (Philodendron), Fig Tree, White "Cedar" (not actually a cedar but a flowering tree, Tabebuia heterophylla), a West Indian species of tree fern, manilkara, and mountain guava (Psidium amplexicaule).

Tovar Municipality, Aragua

The surrounding cloud forests are protected by the Pico Codazzi Natural Monument, though some signs of deforestation are visible due to the high tourist demand from Caracas, and the extraction of tree fern, sold dry for growing orchids.


see also

C. cuspidata

Cyathea cuspidata, a tree fern species native to Central and South America

C. elongata

Cyathea elongata, a tree fern species native to Venezuela and Colombia

C. kermadecensis

Cyathea kermadecensis, a tree fern species endemic to Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands

D. antarctica

Dicksonia antarctica, the soft tree fern, man fern or Tasmanian tree fern, an evergreen tree fern species native to parts of Australia

Dicksonia

Dicksonia squarrosa, Rough Tree Fern, Slender Tree Fern, New Zealand Tree Fern, Wheki.

Gilboa Fossil Forest

William Stein, associate professor of biological sciences at Binghamton University and colleagues at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY and Cardiff University in the United Kingdom have found an intact tree more than 26 feet tall with a system of frond-like, but leafless branches resulting in a superficially tree fern or palm tree-like form.

New Guinea Highlands

Above 3,000 metres elevation, the high mountain forest yields to remote sub-alpine habitats including alpine meadows, conifer forest, tree-fern (Cyathea) grasslands, bogs, and shrubby heaths of Rhododendron, Vaccinium, Coprosma, Rapanea, and Saurauia all quite different from the tropical rain forest that covers most of New Guinea.