New Zealand Plants

DSC_3529 Golden tree fern, or wheki-ponga (Dicksonia fibrosa) a large, stout tree fern up to 10 m tall. Trunk comprised of dense mat of reddish brown interwoven rootlets. Dead fronds leave a tidy, persistent skirt beneath the crown. Rotorua *

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DSC_3529 Golden tree fern, or wheki-ponga (Dicksonia fibrosa) a large, stout tree fern up to 10 m tall. Trunk comprised of dense mat of reddish brown interwoven rootlets. Dead fronds leave a tidy, persistent skirt beneath the crown. Rotorua *

DSC 3529 Golden tree fern whekiponga Dicksonia fibrosa stout dead fronds skirt Rotorua