Tree fern

    Did you know there are two latin words for tree fern? They are Ilex cookii and Cyathea dryopterodes.
    The tree fern is so big it can go up to the Understory and sometimes up to the Canopy.
    A dwarf tree fern can be only twenty four inches in height and one inch in diameter.
    A giant tree fern can be as high as 3,280 feet. That's why it is so much bigger than a person. The bark is a brownish color. The twigs are hairless and green, and the leaves are leathery.
    The tree fern is such a distinctive plant and became a national symbol in New Zealand.
    Tree ferns have four small roots. Later the tree fern reproduces another tree fern by spores.  Spores look like little brown dots that wait for the weather to be perfect and then later grow.