Cyatheaceae
Creeping treefern
Cyathea armata
- Family
- Cyatheaceae
- Genus
- Cyathea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Creeping treefern
Synonyms
- Alsophila aculeata Klotzsch
- Alsophila armata (Sw.) C.Presl
- Alsophila armata var. menziesii T.Moore
- Alsophila armata var. pilosissima T.Moore
- Alsophila fusagasuga Trevis.
- Alsophila hirta Kaulf.
- Alsophila mollissima T.Moore
- Alsophila pohlii C.Presl
- Alsophila swartziana Mart.
- Alsophila vestita J.Sm.
- Cyathea aculeata Willd. ex Kaulf.
- Cyathea hirta Domin
- Disphenia aculeata C.Presl
- Hemitelia aculeata Fée
- Polypodium armatum Sw.
- Trichipteris armata (Sw.) R.M.Tryon
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.