Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Takbokvaring, Staghorn fern

Family: Polypodiaceae

Distribution: Australia

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Comments: These ferns develop a "nest" of non-fertile fronds, and in doing so can grow up to 1m wide. The ferns also develop hanging, fertile fronds that can become 2m long. Both fertile and non-fertile fronds are broad and branching and grow to resemble the horns of a stag or elk, thus the common names staghorn or elk fern.