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Photo taken in or near Amani Nature ReserveEast Usambara Mountains, TanzaniaBy H.J. NdangalasiPost-Production by J. Quicho
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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Caburgua, Araucania Region, Chile
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This is indeed a tree-like fern, propagates by spores and was dinosaur's diet in the Cretaceous Period. This plant is now legally protected in China and Hong Kong. This photo was taken in the Ma Wan Park, Hong Kong.
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This image shows the Lord Howe Island Lagoon, Settlement area and Northern Hills from the Mount Gower Plateau. The central tree ferns are Cyathea (Alsophila) brevipinnna, with at least one other endemic tree fern species in the image. The image is a Kodachrome slide taken in August 1969 and scanned 41 years later. Some fading has occurred but less than with other old films. Image 044-576
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incredible native tree fern (Cibotium menziesii) growing to 30 ft in height!
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Species: Cyathea capensis (L.f.) Sm. Date: 1981-12-12 Location: Inyanga, Pungwe Gorge Habitat: Light shade or full sun in forest clearing over wet seepage line over granite
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Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand
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Lago di Garda
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R532 North of Graskop, Mpumalanga, SOUTH AFRICA
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Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia
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Also placed in the Spaeropteris genus. Native to the mountains of northern South America. Botanical Gardens of Quito.
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Jos Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogota, Colombia
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Pallanza, Piedmont, Italy
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Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico
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Hpuu or Hpuu puluCibotiaceae (Tree fern family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (all the main islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe)Oahu (Cultivated)The pulu, the soft woolly material around the base of the fronds, was used by early Hawaiians for dressing wounds and embalming bodies.Hawaiians, both long ago as well as more recent times, ate the uncoiled fronds (fiddles), which were considered delicious when boiled. The starchy core, though, was famine food. But it was considered the most important food in lean times and one trunk may contain 50-70 pounds of almost pure starch. It was prepared by peeling the young fronds or placing the entire trunk with the starchy center in an imu or in steam vents at the volcano. The saying was "He hpuu ka ai he ai make" (If the hpuu is the food, it is the food of death).EtymologyThe generic name Cibotium is from the Greek kibotion, diminutive of kibotos, a box or casket, in reference to the indusium, a part of the fern blade that covers the sorus (spores).The specific name is from Latin glaucus, bluish green or gray, in reference to the underneath color of the fronds.NPH00002
www.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Cibotium_glaucum