Name: King Fern

Scientific: Angiopteris evecta

A.K.A.: Giant Fern Elephant Fern, Oriental Vessel Fern, Madagascar Tree Fern, Mule's Foot Fern

This Variation: This is a High Poly model. A Low Poly version is also available.

Notes: A very large rainforest fern native to most parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania. It has a history dating back about 300 million years, and is believed to have the longest fronds of any fern in the world. The trunk-like rhizome is massive, measuring up to 1m. The older portions of the rhizome lie on the ground while the newer growth may rise vertically up to 1.2m high. The arching, glossy green fronds, which emerge from the tip of the rhizome, may reach up to 9m long and 2.5m wide, but despite their enormous size they have no woody strengthening tissues in the fronds to keep them erect -- instead they are supported entirely by the hydraulic pressure of the sap. Fossilised fronds bearing a distinct similarity to this plant have been found in Paleozoic rocks from every continent, indicating that the species is very primitive and was widespread around 300 million years ago, a time when ferns and their relatives were the dominant plants on the planet. The geographically isolated communities seen today point to favourable climatic conditions being more widespread in the past.

Included in this Package: 16 models in total

1. Standard 1 -- 202,784 polygons, 319,043 vertices, 6.42m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
2. Standard 2 -- 66,785 polygons, 104,954 vertices, 4.61m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
3. Standard 3 -- 201,406 polygons, 316,813 vertices, 5.67m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
4. Standard 4 -- 138,276 polygons, 217,945 vertices, 4.59m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
5. Standard 5 -- 154,518 polygons, 243,584 vertices, 4.83m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
6. Thriving -- 204,096 polygons, 321,177 vertices, 6.42m tall. Peak health.
7. Distressed -- 50,862 polygons, 79,840 vertices, 4.58m tall. Declining health with some diseased and broken foliage.
8. Unhealthy -- 142,796 polygons, 223,830 vertices, 5.49m tall. Poor state with considerable foliage missing or diseased.
9. Dying -- 62,251 polygons, 97,171 vertices, 4.29m tall. Just hanging onto life and showing only unhealthy and diseased foliage.
10. Dead -- 65,837 polygons, 100,926 vertices, 2.92m tall. Showing only bare and broken branches and dead foliage.
11. Ancient -- 312,439 polygons, 482,702 vertices, 7.55m tall. Very old plant, larger and considerably gnarled.
12. Young -- 60,836 polygons, 94,982 vertices, 3.51m tall. Smaller plant, fully mature but still growing.
13. Growing -- 60,796 polygons, 105,214 vertices, 2.74m tall. Plant not yet mature, some half way through its growing cycle.
14. Immature -- 22,227 polygons, 38,589 vertices, 1.48m tall. Very small and young plant.
15. Forming -- 9,546 polygons, 9,731 vertices, 1.19m tall. Extremely young and small but taking on its adult shape with fiddleheads unfurling
16. Fiddleheads -- 3,616 polygons, 3,608 vertices, 32.61cm tall. Extremely young with its fronds still to unfurl.

Re-meshing and any reasonable modification available upon request. No charge to existing customers of the product.

The textures included are mainly 4k (4096x4096).

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