PLANTS Profile for Cyathea arborea (West Indian treefern)

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PLANTS Profile

Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm.
West Indian treefern

Symbol:

CYAR

Group:

Fern

Family:

Cyatheaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

PR		N
VI		N

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Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm.

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Distribution:
Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm.


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USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm.

View 5 genera in Cyatheaceae, 11 species in Cyathea

Classification:
Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Cyatheaceae – Tree Fern family
Genus	Cyathea Sm. – treefern
Species	Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm. – West Indian treefern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17939.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 08:22 AM MDT