Dicksonia fibrosa

Wheki-ponga, wheki-kohoonga, golden tree fern, kuripaka

Stout, non-rhizomatous tree ferns, up to 10 m tall. Trunk up to 1 m diameter, very dense, composed of tightly interwoven, red-brown rootlets, entirely without aerial buds. Fronds numerous, persistent in death, and forming a dense, pendent skirt; in life erect and arching, forming a dense, tight crown.

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Habitat:
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Suits alpine conditions.
Suits temperate conditions.
Suits montane forest conditions.

Sunlight:
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Prefers heavy shade.
Prefers semi shade.

Application:
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Use in single specimen amenity plantings.

Size:
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Mature: diameter 1m x height 6m
Planting centres: 1m

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