Fern Encyclopedia

Cyathea vieillardii (Vieillard's Tree Fern)

Cyathea vieillardii, Vieillard's Tree Fern, is a rare endemic of New Caledonia's ancient tropical rainforests, named for the nineteenth-century French botanist Eugene Vieillard who documented the territory's extraordinary flora. The...

Cyathea vieillardii (Vieillard's Tree Fern)

Cyathea vieillardii, Vieillard's Tree Fern, is a rare endemic of New Caledonia's ancient tropical rainforests, named for the nineteenth-century French botanist Eugene Vieillard who documented the territory's extraordinary flora. The...

Cyathea straminea (Straw-coloured Tree Fern)

Cyathea straminea, the Straw-coloured Tree Fern, is a Neotropical montane species distinguished by the conspicuous straw-yellow to golden coloration of its stipe bases and basal scales. Native to cloud forests...

Cyathea straminea (Straw-coloured Tree Fern)

Cyathea straminea, the Straw-coloured Tree Fern, is a Neotropical montane species distinguished by the conspicuous straw-yellow to golden coloration of its stipe bases and basal scales. Native to cloud forests...

Cyathea sp. 'Tiny Top' (Tiny Top Tree Fern)

Cyathea sp. 'Tiny Top' is a compact horticultural selection believed to be a dwarf form of Sphaeropteris cooperi, circulating in the Australian nursery trade since the early 2000s. It develops...

Cyathea sp. 'Tiny Top' (Tiny Top Tree Fern)

Cyathea sp. 'Tiny Top' is a compact horticultural selection believed to be a dwarf form of Sphaeropteris cooperi, circulating in the Australian nursery trade since the early 2000s. It develops...

Cyathea truncata (Truncate Tree Fern)

Cyathea truncata, the Truncate Tree Fern, is a Neotropical montane species distinguished by its diagnostic truncate (bluntly squared-off) pinnule apices, a subtle but consistent morphological character that separates it from...

Cyathea truncata (Truncate Tree Fern)

Cyathea truncata, the Truncate Tree Fern, is a Neotropical montane species distinguished by its diagnostic truncate (bluntly squared-off) pinnule apices, a subtle but consistent morphological character that separates it from...

Cyathea suprastrigosa (Strigose Tree Fern)

Cyathea suprastrigosa, the Strigose Tree Fern, is a Malesian species distinguished by stiff, appressed hairs on the upper frond surface that give it a rough, sandpaper-like texture unique among commonly...

Cyathea suprastrigosa (Strigose Tree Fern)

Cyathea suprastrigosa, the Strigose Tree Fern, is a Malesian species distinguished by stiff, appressed hairs on the upper frond surface that give it a rough, sandpaper-like texture unique among commonly...

Cyathea stelligera (Star-Scaled Tree Fern)

Cyathea stelligera, the Star-Scaled Tree Fern, is a rare and morphologically distinctive species native to the montane cloud forests of Melanesia and the western Pacific, from Papua New Guinea through...

Cyathea stelligera (Star-Scaled Tree Fern)

Cyathea stelligera, the Star-Scaled Tree Fern, is a rare and morphologically distinctive species native to the montane cloud forests of Melanesia and the western Pacific, from Papua New Guinea through...