Culcita macrocarpa

Culcita macrocarpa
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Culcitaceae
Genus:	Culcita
Species:	C. macrocarpa
Binomial name
	Culcita macrocarpa; C. Presl
Synonyms
	Dicksonia culcita L'Hér.; Balantium culcita (L'Hér.) Kaulf.;

Culcita macrocarpa, the woolly tree fern, is a species of fern in the family Culcitaceae native to Macaronesia and parts of the Iberian Peninsula, where it might have been introduced. It is the only member of the order Cyatheales that is native to Europe.

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