DIFFERENTIAL COLONIZATION BY EPIPHYTES ON NATIVE (CIBOTIUM SPP.) AND ALIEN (CYATHEA COOPERI) TREE FERNS IN A HAWAIIAN RAIN FOREST
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Keywords

differential colonization
tree ferns

How to Cite

Medeiros, A., Loope, L., & Anderson, S. (1993). DIFFERENTIAL COLONIZATION BY EPIPHYTES ON NATIVE (CIBOTIUM SPP.) AND ALIEN (CYATHEA COOPERI) TREE FERNS IN A HAWAIIAN RAIN FOREST. Selbyana, 14, 71–74. Retrieved from https://journals.flvc.org/selbyana/article/view/122797

Abstract

In Hawaiian rain forests, many species grow as epiphytes either exclusively or in addition to a terrestrial habit. Two types ofsites are favored by epiphytes: 1) the bryophyte mats that form on the branches and trunks offorest trees, and 2) trunks oftree ferns. The predominant group of native tree ferns is in the genus Cibotium (Dicksoniaceae), known in Hawai'i as hapu'u.
Five endemic Cibotium species occur in the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner 1990), three within Haleakala National Park-Co chamissoi Kaulf., C. glaucum (J. E. Smith) Hook. & Am., and C. splendens (Gaud.) Krajina exSkottsb. (Medeiros and Loope unpubl. ms.).

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