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_8101134 Soft tree fern, or katote (Alsophila smithii) smaller than Cyathea medullaris, this slow growing tree fern reaches up to 8m tall, and grows throughout New Zealand. On the subantarctic Auckland Islands it becomes the southern-most tree fern in the world. The fronds often leave a skirt around the slender, fibrous trunk after they have died. Rakaitane Track, Moana *
DSC_8101125 Soft tree fern, or katote (Alsophila smithii) smaller than Cyathea medullaris, this slow growing tree fern reaches up to 8m tall, and grows throughout New Zealand. On the subantarctic Auckland Islands it becomes the southern-most tree fern in the world. The fronds often leave a skirt around the slender, fibrous trunk after they have died. Rakaitane Track, Moana *
