Cyathea australis subsp. australis
Rough Tree Fern at Kianga, NSW
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| Cyathea australis subsp. australis | Tapirlord | 1 Jul 2023 | |
| Dicksonia antarctica | CarbonAI | 1 Jul 2023 | |
| Cyathea australis subsp. australis | LyndalT | 1 Jul 2023 |
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9 comments
1 Jul 2023
Trunk is a bit thin for normal C. australis. Need a c loser look at the trunk.
1 Jul 2023
I have seen similar plants near Crystal Creek near Murwillumbah that keyed out as C. australis, but were morphologically far more gracile than the typical thick-trunked C. australis we see in the Canberra and South coast region (ie gracile like this specimen). Needs further investigation. Interesting.
2 Jul 2023
It is very unikely that C. cooperi ocours in natural rainforest that far south. Its S limit naturally is about Lake Conola.
3 Jul 2023
Perhaps another Cyathea species, then? It definitely does not look like the C. australis that I'm familiar with.
3 Jul 2023
The only other species is Cyathea leichhardtiana, and it is not that. This is not on my list for that site, but C. australis is.
3 Jul 2023
OK. C. australis it is. It strikes me that there are variations in C. australis that might require some differentiation.
14 Jul 2023
I revisited the site this week and the only two tree ferns in that valley are C. australis and D.antarctica.
Location information
- Places Kianga, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- LyndalT Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- No In flower
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Species information
- Cyathea australis subsp. australis Scientific name
- Rough Tree Fern Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1217.94m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Cyathea australis
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