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Cyathea australis (Rough )

Dicksonia antarctica (Soft Tree Fern)

What is a Tree Fern? Soft Tree Ferns thrive in Where to see Tree filtered sunlight, loose well The Rough Tree Fern can grow Ferns in Victoria’s drained soils with lots of parks? over 12 metres tall. They are organic matter and plenty of the most common tree fern water. Tree ferns growing The Great Otway, Dandenong and can tolerate higher under dense canopies in forest Ranges, Yarra Ranges and exposure to the sun than their gullies often have bent trunks Tarra Bulga National Parks are relative the Soft Tree Fern. from earlier impacts of fallen great areas to view The Rough Tree Fern is named and limbs from the upper environments including some after its trunk which is covered canopy. Epiphytic ( that amazing tree ferns. grow on other plants, relying with pointed tubercles, making it rough to touch. The fronds on them for support but not for Want to know more?

also have a sharp texture on nutrients) ferns grow on the www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/pla

the base of the stems. The trunks of the Soft Tree Fern. ntinfo fronds are popular with Unlike many Australian plants, Lyrebirds and possums, often tree ferns don’t respond well to

nesting in the centre of the fire, therefore they are only FASCINATING FACT crown. The unrolling new found in older bush areas like fronds are a delicacy enjoyed which rarely burns. by rosellas and possums. ABORIGINAL PEOPLE Habitat The Soft Tree Fern can develop ROASTED STALKS OF a large trunk, over 15 metres Both species of tree fern are tall, reaching higher heights found throughout eastern THE SOFT TREE FERN than the Rough Tree Fern. The in cool moist, shady FOR FOOD. trunk is covered in brown locations in bushland and fibrous roots. Smooth frond rainforests, particularly near stems with soft brown hairs streams and waterfalls. They sprout from the top of the love the dappled light created trunk. The fronds can grow up by a tree canopy or larger

to 2 metres long. shrubs.