Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Puerto Rico alsophila being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sphaeropteris australis
- Alsophila loheri
- Alsophila setosa
- Cyathea costaricensis
- Alsophila fenicis
- Cyathea atrovirens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Cyatheales
- Family
- Cyatheaceae
- Genus
- Alsophila
- Species
- Alsophila portoricensis
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