RE: Tree-fern query from Hawaii
From the first photograph I could see it is the "Mules Foot Fern".
Forestry hates them, Hawaiian Ag. hates them, ... but we have planted one
and have not found it to be invasive...perhaps 2 miles up wind? We have
had ours for 3 years now.
I must look up Mr. Hurd... Aloha Carol, on the Big Island, close to Hilo.
>From: "Brian Swale" <bj@caverock.net.nz>
>Reply-To: ferns@hort.net
>To: ferns@hort.net
>Subject: [ferns] Tree-fern query from Hawaii
>Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:51:11 +1200
>
>Hello all,
>
>I have just received a query from Hawaii that I can not at this moment
give an
>answer to.
>
>The writer has found a new large volunteer fern in his garden and it
looks like
>a tree fern. Of course, it may not meet the accepted criteria of tree
fern. His
>letter and pictures can be seen by following the link below.
>
>http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/hawaii.htm
>
>While I have come up with some ideas, I am not at all confident that I
have
>the correct answer.
>
>What do you think?
>
>Brian Swale in the South West Pacific.
>
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