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Alsophila cunninghamii
Also called Slender Tree Fern
Alsophila cunninghamii, synonym Cyathea cunninghamii, also known as the gully tree fern and slender tree fern, is a species of tree fern indigenous to New Zealand including North Island (type locality), South Island and Chatham Islands; also to Victoria, possibly New South Wales, southeastern Queensland, and Tasmania in Australia. It grows in damp forest, often emerging from stream gullies and riverbanks.
In cultivation, A. cunninghamii requires a high-moisture environment and performs best in a growing medium of rich humus. Plants should be protected from the wind. Brownseynoted that it has a lower tolerance for drought than other related species.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alsophila cunninghamii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
