Taxon

Dicksonia antarctica

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Common name: coedredynen Awstralia, soft tree fern, Australian tree fern, Tasmanian tree fern, woolly tree fern
Family: Dicksoniaceae
Distribution: Australia, Tasmania
Hardiness: (H3) Half-hardy. Unheated glasshouse/mild winter 1 to -5°C (USDA 9b/10a)
Life form: Fern • Rhedynen
Usage: Ornamental
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Dicksonia (dik-so-nee-uh): Named for James Dickson (1738–1822), a Scottish nurseryman and naturalist.
Dyfarniadau / Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: antarctica (ant-ARK-tee-kuh): Of or from the Antarctic region.
Description: An evergreen tree fern, but deciduous in colder areas, growing slowly to 4 metres in height, with a stout reddish-brown stem and a terminal rosette of arching, deeply divided, glossy dark green fronds to 3 metres in length.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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