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 Low Poly model. A High 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 -- 28,634 polygons, 50,875 vertices, 5.71m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
2. Standard 2 -- 12,215 polygons, 21,704 vertices, 4.62m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
3. Standard 3 -- 36,868 polygons, 65,569 vertices, 5.63m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
4. Standard 4 -- 25,119 polygons, 44,942 vertices, 4.63m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
5. Standard 5 -- 27,985 polygons, 50,081 vertices, 4.83m tall. Fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
6. Thriving -- 28,786 polygons, 51,179 vertices, 5.71m tall. Peak health.
7. Distressed -- 8,343 polygons, 16,531 vertices, 4.59m tall. Declining health with some diseased and broken foliage.
8. Unhealthy -- 26,754 polygons, 47,084 vertices, 5.49m tall. Poor state with considerable foliage missing or diseased.
9. Dying -- 12,072 polygons, 20,930 vertices, 4.32m tall. Just hanging onto life and showing only unhealthy and diseased foliage.
10. Dead -- 13,722 polygons, 22,786 vertices, 2.91m tall. Showing only bare and broken branches and dead foliage.
11. Ancient -- 42,158 polygons, 70,858 vertices, 6.76m tall. Very old plant, larger and considerably gnarled.
12. Young -- 10,859 polygons, 20,165 vertices, 3.53m tall. Smaller plant, fully mature but still growing.
13. Growing -- 11,157 polygons, 24,285 vertices, 2.75m tall. Plant not yet mature, some half way through its growing cycle.
14. Immature -- 4,604 polygons, 10,313 vertices, 1.48m tall. Very small and young plant.
15. Forming -- 1,973 polygons, 2,109 vertices, 1.19m tall. Extremely young and small but taking on its adult shape with fiddleheads unfurling
16. Fiddleheads -- 684 polygons, 696 vertices, 32.49cm 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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