Straw Treefern at Wattamolla, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 29 Jan 2020 | WattaWanderer |
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User's notes
Maybe a Cyathea cooperi?
Please advise!
6 comments
plants
wrote:
30 Jan 2020
The oval scars suggest this species. These are very old plants, the tallest I have seen in the region.
WattaWanderer
wrote:
30 Jan 2020
Thanks for the advice! The oval scars looked similar but not quite identical to image in Kevin Mills’ Rainforests of the Illawarra District. How tall do they typically get? I could return to try to measure.
JackieMiles
wrote:
1 Feb 2020
I toyed with the idea of Cyathea leichhardtiana because the trunk is so slender, but my tree ferns book does not mention oval leaf base scars for that species, so I think it has to be cooperi.
WattaWanderer
wrote:
1 Feb 2020
Thanks very much Jackie - is there anything that I should try to photograph more clearly next time on the ferns in order to more easily ID?
plants
wrote:
1 Feb 2020
Photos of fronds is the most useful, both upper side and with fertile fronds the lower side of the frond to show spore bearing areas.
Location information
- Places Wattamolla, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 23 Jan 2020 06:39 PM Recorded on
- WattaWanderer Recorded by
Species information
- Cyathea cooperi Scientific name
- Straw Treefern Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
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