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Dicksonia fibrosa (golden tree fern)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Dicksonia fibrosa (common names golden tree fern, and whekī-ponga or kuripaka in Māori) is a species of medium-sized tree fern native to New Zealand. D. fibrosa has a thick, soft and fibrous rusty brown trunk. It holds on to its dead leaves producing a distinctive pale brown skirt, distinguishing it from the related Dicksonia squarrosa. A slow-growing plant, similar to Dicksonia antarctica, D. fibrosa can reach a height of 6 metres (20 ft). It requires winter protection in any area that is subject to winter frosts. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Predators

Ctenopseustis fraterna[1]
Ctenopseustis obliquana (brownheaded leafroller)[1]
Ischalis variabilis[1]

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1New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0