Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Coastal forest

Range

East Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Armor

Status

Uncommon

About

This hardy fern grows on rocky cliffs and coastal slopes across eastern Asia. Its leathery fronds produce thousands of microscopic spores that travel on the wind.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Dryopteridaceae

Genus

Cyrtomium

Species

Cyrtomium falcatum