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Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants |
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Other names: | giant fern |
Description: | Giant fern up to 10' tall, with massive stem covered in leaf scars, twice-pinnately compound fronds 5-20' long, linear to lance-shaped leaflets, and spores in two brown rows inside margin on underside. |
Risk areas: | Moist forest and rain forest and low to middle elevations. |
WARNING: | Spores are dispersed by wind and spread this fern into native forests. |