tree fern
English
Noun
tree fern (plural tree ferns)
- Any of many tropical ferns that have tall trunks topped with fronds, of the orders Cyatheales, Marattiales, and Osmundales, especially families Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae, and Metaxyaceae in Cyatheales.
Derived terms
- Australian tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica)
- black tree fern (Cyathea medullaris)
- Florida tree fern (Ctenitis sloanei)
- flying spider monkey tree fern (Sphaeropteris lepifera)
- forest tree fern (Cyathea capensis)
- golden tree fern (Dicksonia fibrosa)
- grassveld tree fern (Cyathea dregei)
- hairy tree ferns (Dicksoniaceae spp.)
- Hawaiian tree fern (Cibotium glaucum)
- lacy tree fern (Sphaeropteris cooperi)
- Madagascar tree fern (Angiopteris evecta)
- mountain tree fern (Cyathea colensoi)
- New Zealand tree fern (Dicksonia squarrosa)
- prickly free fern (Sphaeropteris australis)
- Rebecca tree fern (Gymnosphaera rebeccae)
- scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae spp.)
- silver tree fern (Cyathea dealbata)
- slender tree fern (Cyathea cunninghamii)
- Smith's tree fern (Cyathea smithii)
- soft tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica)
- spiny tree fern (Alsophila spinulosa)
- stumpy tree fern (Dicksonia lanata)
- Tasmanian tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica)
- wig tree fern (Alsophila baileyana)
- woolly tree fern (Culcita macrocarpa)
See also
References
- tree fern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cyatheaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Dickinsoniaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies