Golden Chicken Fern (Cibotium barometz)

Golden Chicken Fern, a reference photo — Photo: From Svenska Familj-Journalen, Vol. 18, 1879 · Public domain

Cibotium barometz, the barometz, golden chicken fern or woolly fern, is a species of tree fern native to parts of China and to the western part of the Malay Peninsula. The fern's woolly rhizome was thought to be the inspiration for the mythical "Vegetable Lamb of Tartary".

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Golden Chicken Fern 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

Cibotium taiwanense
Gymnosphaera podophylla
Alsophila fenicis

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cibotiaceae
Genus: Cibotium
Species: Cibotium barometz

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