rough tree fern
Dicksonia squarrosa
Summary 3
Dicksonia squarrosa, commonly called whekī /ˈfɛkiː/ or rough tree fern, is a common tree fern endemic to New Zealand. It has a slender black trunk that is usually surrounded by many dead brown fronds.
How to id 4
- Usually form colonial stands
- Long-persistent, black stipe bases on trunk, interwoven with dark brown to black rootlets
- Fronds 2m long, stipe with deciduous hairs
- Lamina 3-4-pinnate, rough to the touch
- Dead fronds falling or forming an untidy, tattered skirt, orange-brown
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) David Hutchinson, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por David Hutchinson
- (c) Alex Fergus, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Alex Fergus
- Adaptado por Melanie Lapointe de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicksonia_squarrosa
- (c) Melanie Lapointe, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
Mais informações
- BioDiversity4All taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
