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Alsophila incana

Alsophila incana (also known as Cyathea incana) is a tree fern native to the Andes of South America, from Colombia to northern Argentina. Very little is documented about its cultivation, so care advice is general and based on related tree ferns.

Family
Cyatheaceae (Cyathe family)
Grows as
Tree, Fern
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and never let the root zone dry out completely.
Soil
Rich, humus-heavy, well-draining mix with good organic content.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard

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Alsophila incana, synonym Cyathea incana, is a species of tree fern.

It is native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina.

Other Alsophila plants

Alsophila abbottii · Alsophila acanthophora · Alsophila acuminata · Alsophila alderwereltii · Alsophila alleniae · Alsophila alpina · Alsophila amboinensis · Alsophila aneitensis · Alsophila apiculata · Alsophila apoensis · Rough tree fern · Alsophila balanocarpa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alsophila incana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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