Fernery
These beautiful large tree ferns greet you as you make your way down the track to the Liffey Falls. It is a glorious natural fernery, which in the temperate rainforest gets significant rain and is shaded by the taller trees to allow this species to flourish.
In this case we are talking about "Dicksonia antarctica". As the name suggests, these ferns go back to the time when Australia and Antarctica were all part of the super continent of Gondwana.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_ferns
A 19th century reference to the significance of tree ferns in Tasmania: www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/...
Fernery
These beautiful large tree ferns greet you as you make your way down the track to the Liffey Falls. It is a glorious natural fernery, which in the temperate rainforest gets significant rain and is shaded by the taller trees to allow this species to flourish.
In this case we are talking about "Dicksonia antarctica". As the name suggests, these ferns go back to the time when Australia and Antarctica were all part of the super continent of Gondwana.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_ferns
A 19th century reference to the significance of tree ferns in Tasmania: www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/...