Dicksonia herbertii

Dicksonia herbertii IDENTIFYING FEATURES: *  similar in many respects to D. youngiae ... quite large sori, dark maroon bristly hairs, thin trunk (when I last saw this species in the wild many years ago, it was still regarded as D. youngiae, so I didn't take a lot of notice - but did take the photo at right!) *  apparently differs from D. youngiae in not producing new offshoots from the trunk, but retains a single trunk *  restricted to deep rainforest gullies of north Queensland