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Rhapis excelsa (Bamboo palm)

Other names: Lady palm, Miniature fan palm, Fern rhapis, Ground rattan cane, Japanese peace palm, Slender lady palm, Chamaerops excelsa , Rhapis flabelliformis

R. excelsa is a small, clump-forming, evergreen palm with slender, erect, cane-like stems bearing long-stalked, deeply-lobed, dark green leaves and panicles of tiny, bowl-shaped, cream flowers in summer.
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4m max. spread

4m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive fern)

Other names: Bead fern, Japanese ostrich fern, Ostrich fern

O. sensibilis is a deciduous fern with broad, pale green, lobed fronds.
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2.5m max. spread

0.6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken)

Other names: Adder's spit, Brake fern, Eagle brake, Eagle fern, Fern of God, Hog brake, Pasture brake, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern

P. aquilinum is a vigorous, coarse, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with arching to nearly horizontal, triangular, bi- or tri-pinnate, mid-green fronds.
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2m max. spread

1.2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich fern)

Other names: Ostrich-feather fern, Shuttlecock fern

M. struthiopteris is a deciduous fern forming large erect rosettes with bright green, fronds surrounding shorter, brownish fronds.
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2.5m max. spread

1.5m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Dicksonia squarrosa (Brown tree fern)

Other names: Wheki

D. squarrosa is a fast-growing evergreen tree fern with a thick reddish-brown, fibrous trunk and large, arching, deeply divided, dark-green fronds, darkly veined underneath.
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4m max. spread

4m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Cyathea smithii (Soft tree fern)

Other names: Katote, Golden tree fern

C. smithii is a tree fern with narrow, very light-green to golden yellow fronds bearing dark brown scales.
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3m max. spread

3m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Woodwardia fimbriata (Giant chain fern)

W. fimbriata is a large evergreen fern with large, fairly erect, lance-shaped fronds.
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2m max. spread

2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Dicksonia fibrosa (Golden tree fern)

Other names: Fibrous tree fern

D. fibrosa is an evergreen tree fern with a thick reddish-brown, fibrous trunk and large, arching, deeply divided, dark-green fronds. Due to the fronds being smaller than Dicksonia antarctica it is more suitable to the smaller garden or a courtyard setting.
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2m max. spread

2m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Dicksonia antarctica (Soft tree fern)

Other names: Australian tree fern, Tasmanian tree fern, Woolly tree fern

D. antarctica is an evergreen tree fern with a thick reddish-brown, fibrous, trunk-like stem topped with a rosette of long, arching, glossy, deeply divided, dark-green fronds.
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4m max. spread

4m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Sambucus nigra f. laciniata (Cut-leaved elder)

Other names: Fern-leaved elder, Parsley-leaved elder, Sambucus nigra 'Laciniata', Lace-leaved elder

S. nigra f. laciniata is a large, bushy, deciduous shrub with finely-dissected, fern-like, palmate, mid-green leaves and, in early summer, flattened panicles of small, scented, creamy-white flowers followed by round, glossy black fruit.
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5m max. spread

5m max. height

10-20 years to maturity