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CMDR_Shazbot t1_j2he6dz wrote

Do these ferns have stalks? They're so tall

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mortoson OP t1_j2heez9 wrote

Yeah they have trunks. They're called soft tree ferns (Dicksonia Antarctica). The ones in the Otways can be 100+ years old.

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CMDR_Shazbot t1_j2hew0k wrote

Amazing, love me a healthy fern and these are wonderful.

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joey2scoops t1_j2ht7vj wrote

If they are the same as the ones up in the Dandenongs then I have seen them at least 20ft tall and with trunks as big as 18in diameter.

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Are_you_blind_sir t1_j2l4t3o wrote

Yeah but not a lot of tree ferns around these days. Most ferns are shrubs without a trunk

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