The Australian tree fern ( Cyathea cooperi) is a large tropical fern that forms a trunk. In the wild, a mature tree's medium to dark green fronds can grow 5 to 8 feet long, but the fronds will be ...

The Australian variety grows relatively fast, resulting in a tall, slender “trunk” up to 35 feet tall. The Tasmanian fern grows slowly, about one inch per year, resulting in a thicker “trunk.” ...

The best choice for our landscapes is Australian tree fern (Sphaeropteris cooperi), a potentially 20-foot-tall species that’s been described as elegant and lovely.

Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million ...

I recently invested in a beautiful tree fern for our shady back garden. A gardening friend told me that I’ll need to give it some protection from winter cold to prevent it being damaged. Is this ...

First of all, tree ferns are ferns, but they are not really trees. To be a tree, a plant must be woody (undergo secondary plant growth, which thickens stems and roots) and grow to a height of at least ...

Many tree fern taxa have a skirt, an encircling structure of persistent dead fronds or stipes around the growing crown at the top of the trunk. Page and Brownsey (1986) hypothesised that the function ...