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THE STRANGLER FIG; Perhaps the most famous hemiepiphyte is the towering strangler fig tree which starts life as ... Strangler Fig, Brazil 1999 ... The fig's crown grows foliage which soon overshadows the tree. Eventually, the host tree dies leaving the fig with a hollow trunk-which is easily climbed thanks to the many openings...
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www.mongabay.com/04strangler_fig.htm
www.mongabay.com/04strangler_fig.htm
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The strangler fig has an aggressive growth habit that insures its survival in the rainforest. The seedlings grows slowly at first, getting their nutrients from the sun, rain and leaf litter that has collected on the host.
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www.blueplanetbiomes.org/strangler_figs.htm
www.blueplanetbiomes.org/strangler_figs.htm
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The vinelike aerial roots of a strangler fig (Ficus citrifolia) draped around the trunk of a mamme apple (Mammea americana) on the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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waynesword.palomar.edu/ploct99.htm
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Strangler fig, also called golden fig, is a large and fast-growing tree with a fascinating life history. The tree is native to coastal areas of south Florida, the Keys, and the West Indies and has made its way into central Florida.
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www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Strangler_fig/stranfig.htm
www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Strangler_fig/stranfig.htm
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The Strangler Fig is a tall canopy, widely buttressed tree which grows to 45m in height. The top of this tree spreads like an umbrella. It features light coloured bark. In the rainforest the strangler fig germinates only in the branches of a host tree from the seed deposited by birds.
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lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au/Documents/Plant/Fig.htm
lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au/Documents/Plant/Fig.htm
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on strangler fig (tree), many species of tropical figs (genus Ficus) named for their pattern of growth upon host trees, which often results in the host’s death. Strangler figs and other strangler species are common in tropical forests throughout the world. ... treealso called strangler...
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www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/568081/strangler-fig
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/568081/strangler-fig
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Ficus aurea: Strangler Fig1 ... Often starting out as an epiphyte nestled in the limbs of another tree, the native Strangler Fig is vine-like while young, later strangling its host with heavy aerial roots and eventually becoming a self-supporting, independent tree.
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The Strangler Fig ... Most strangler trees found at Cloudbridge are fig trees, such as Ficus hartwegii, Ficus crassiuscula and the giant Ficus tuerckheimii; The strangler fig tree has 4 different stages in its life: epiphyte, primary hemi-epiphyte, strangler and tree.
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cloudbridge.org/strangler.htm
cloudbridge.org/strangler.htm
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