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Rumohra adiantiformis (Leather fern)

Other names: Leatherleaf fern, Iron fern

R. adiantiformis is a tender, variable, clump-forming, evergreen, terrestrial or epiphytic fern with triangular or ovate, bi- to tri-pinnate, leathery, dark green fronds divided into oblong or diamond-shaped segments (pinnae).
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1m max. spread

1.5m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Jacaranda mimosifolia (Green ebony tree)

Other names: Jacaranda acutifolia, Jacaranda ovalifolia, Jacaranda ovatifolia, Blue jacaranda, Fern tree

J. mimosifolia is a tender, spreading, deciduous tree bearing broad, pinnate leaves with small, narrowly elliptic, softly-hairy, bright green leaflets. Pyramidal panicles of white-throated, purple-blue flowers bloom on leafless branches or with emerging leaves in spring to early summer, followed by woody, disc-shaped, brown seed pods.
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10m max. spread

15m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

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

Pellaea rotundifolia (Button fern)

Other names: Roundleaf Fern

P. rotundifolia is a tuft-forming, evergreen fern with narrowly oblong, pinnate, leathery, glossy, dark green fronds with red-flushed midribs and rounded segments (pinnae) with finely scalloped margins.
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0.4m max. spread

0.3m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Salvinia natans (Floating fern)

Other names: Floating watermoss, Water butterfly wings, Marsilea natans, Salvinia europaea

S. natans is a tender, floating, aquatic, annual fern with paired, elliptic, pale green leaves, each pair with a submerged, root-like leaf.
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0.5m max. spread

0.05m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Azolla filiculoides (Water fern)

Other names: Fairy moss, Azolla caroliniana

A. filiculoides is a tender floating aquatic plant. It has small, fern-like foliage that is red or purple in sun or green to blue-green in shade.
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0m max. spread

0.01m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Stegnogramma pozoi (Stegnogramma )

Other names: Swamp fern, Thelypteris pozoi, Gymnogramma mollissima, Leptogramma mollissima

S. pozoi is a terrestrial or epiphytic, boderline hardy, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern bearing erect to arching, lance-shaped, pinnate, bright green fronds with hairy, oblong, rounded, paired pinnae. Spores are produced from late spring to late summer.
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0.8m max. spread

0.6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Selaginella uncinata (Peacock moss)

Other names: Peacock spikemoss, Rainbow fern, Blue spike moss, Love-in-a-tangle, Blue spikemoss

S. uncinata is a trailing, stem-rooting, semi-evergreen perennial forming a mat of pinnate branches bearing pinnate, metallic blue-green leaves.
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0.6m max. spread

0.05m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Selaginella kraussiana (Kraus's spikemoss)

Other names: Mat spike moss, Spreading clubmoss, Trailing spike moss, Club moss, Frosy fern

S. kraussiana is a tender, mat-forming, evergreen perennial with trailing stems bearing finely-divided, bright green leaves.
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0.3m max. spread

0.03m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Afrocarpus gracilior (African fern pine)

Other names: Podocarpus gracilior, East African yellowwood, Weeping podocarpus, Fern podocarpus, Decussocarpus gracilior, Nageia falcata var. gracilior

A. gracilior is a rounded, evergreen, coniferous tree with pendent branch tips, spirally-arranged, leathery, broadly linear, dark green leaves and insignificant, yellow flowers in spring followed by small, cylindrical, pale brown cones on male trees and, on female trees, seed cones enclosed in a fleshy, ovoid, powdery blue coating that matures yellow-orange.
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12m max. spread

25m max. height

20-50 years to maturity