A distinctive feature is the retention of dead fronds as a skirt. The skirt is not the whole frond, only the central rachis, making it a more compact skirt than that of Dicksonia fibrosa, another skirt clad tree fern.
A notable feature involves keeping dead fronds as a skirt. The skirt here includes only the central rachis, contrasting with the broader skirt found in Dicksonia fibrosa, another tree fern species with a skirt-like appearance.