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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Tree Ferns and Allies
  6. Cibotiaceae
  7. Manfern

genus

Manfern

Cibotium

Traits
Includes
3 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Hāpu‘u Pulu native
  • Golden Chicken Fern
  • Hāpu‘u Meu native
  • Hāpu‘u I‘i native
  • Mexican Tree-fern
  • Cibotium nealiae native
  • Cibotium × heleniae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Fern Perennial Tree Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native manfern All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Hāpu‘u Pulu Cibotium glaucum hosts 1
  • Hāpu‘u Meu Cibotium chamissoi hosts 1
  • Hāpu‘u I‘i Cibotium menziesii hosts 1
  • Cibotium nealiae

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