Dicksonia antarctica
Common Name:
Soft Tree-fern
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Wannon, Grampians, Midlands, Victorian Volcanic Plain, Otway Range, Eastern Highlands, Gippsland Plain, Gippsland Highlands, Wilsons Promontory, Snowfields, East Gippsland (CDEJKNPRSTVWZ) also SA
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Rainforests and wet forest gullies
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Flower Description:
N/A
Habit:
Tree fern to 15 m
Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
Most easily confused with Cyathea australis (Rough Tree-fern), distinguished from this species by smoothness of frond stalks and furriness of upper trunk
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Conservation status:
Not threatened
References:
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Meagher, D. and Kohout, M. (2001). “A field guide to Wilsons Promontory”. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.