Platycerium bifurcatum
Common name
Stag horn fern
Family
Polypodiaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Ferns
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
No flowers
Life cycle
Reproduces by wind dispersed spores.
Year naturalised
2003
Reason for introduction
Horticultural
Etymology
bifurcatum: From the Latin bi- ‘two’ and furcus ‘fork’, meaning two-pronged