Key Identification Features
- The fronds form a distinctive crown that is dark green on the upper surface and lighter green on the lower surface.
- A characteristic feature of this species is that stipe bases are often retained around the trunk long after they wither.
- The scales range in color from shiny brown to bicolored (a mix of pale and brown), and are often distinctly twisted.
- This tree fern has a black trunk covered in distinct hexagonal stipe bases.
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