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Cyathea aramaganensis

 
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Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Cyathea (sigh-ATH-ee-uh) (Info)
Species: aramaganensis

Synonym:Sphaeropteris aramaganensis

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Category:
Ferns

Height:
8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m)
12-15 ft. (3.6-4.7 m)
15-20 ft. (4.7-6 m)

Spacing:
8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m)
10-12 ft. (3-3.6 m)
12-15 ft. (3.6-4.7 m)

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)

Sun Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade
Light Shade
Partial to Full Shade

Danger:
N/A

Bloom Color:
Inconspicuous/none

Bloom Time:
N/A

Foliage:
Grown for foliage
Evergreen

Other details:
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings
This plant may be considered a protected species; check before digging or gathering seeds

Soil pH requirements:
Unknown - Tell us

Patent Information:
Non-patented

Propagation Methods:
From spores

Seed Collecting:
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed

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Profile:

1 positive
1 neutral
No negatives

Gardeners' Notes:

RatingAuthorComment
Neutral Cretaceous On May 30, 2008, Cretaceous from El Cerrito, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:

Native to the Mariana Islands.

Cyathea are listed on CITES Appendix II.

Positive palmbob On Sep 22, 2003, palmbob from Tarzana, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:

Recently saw a garden in Southern California that had about 15 of these large, profusely branched tree ferns. It quickly becomes massive and has attractive, drooping leaves like a Hawaiian tree fern (Cibotium glauca), but ten times the number of branches/fronds, all covered with thick, scaley, golden hairs.

Regional...

This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:

Corpus Christi, Texas



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