Australian tree fern, Cyathea cooperi, is a fast-growing tree fern of the family Cyatheaceae native to the rainforests of eastern Australia, notable among tree ferns for its relatively rapid growth rate compared to most other species in its family. Its slender trunk is marked with distinctive oval leaf scars left where old fronds have dropped, and it has become widely cultivated outside its native range for ornamental use, in some regions such as Hawaii escaping cultivation to become an invasive species that outcompetes native tree ferns.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Comparison
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Cyathea cooperi
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1. Sphaeropteris cooperi (Wikipedia)
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Sphaeropteris cooperi, synonym Cyathea cooperi, also known as lacy tree fern, scaly tree fern, coin spot tree fern, or Cooper's tree fern, is a tree fern native to Australia, in New South Wales and Queensland.
2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species profiles for Cyathea cooperi
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"taxonKey": 2650296, "habitat": "Terrestrial", "source": "Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Azores, Portugal"
3. Australian tree fern (Wikipedia)
4. Species+ (UNEP-WCMC and CITES Secretariat): Cyathea cooperi
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"cites_listing":"II"
5. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Cyathea cooperi
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"canonicalName": "Cyathea cooperi"
Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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