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Maidenhair Spleenwort – Asplenium trichomanes

March 9, 2021 Leave a Comment

We were a-wandering in the Takaka Hills the other day when we came across some healthy looking Maidenhair spleenworts.

Thought it was a patch of tiny mutant Button ferns or maybe Creek ferns at first, but closer examination suggested otherwise. Google Lens (which is occasionally useful) came up trumps with an ID straight off the bat, confirmed with later research.

This is right in their typical habitat amongst the limestone. Another batch were situated in the mouth of a nearby tomo.

Needless to say, a bit of excitement amongst the troops at the discovery of a new, quite distinctive fern (with a marvellously ridiculous, yet historically fascinating name).

Maidenhair Spleenwort – Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort – Asplenium trichomanes, nestled into the limestone rocks on Takaka Hill.

 

Maidenhair Spleenwort – Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort – Asplenium trichomanes.

 

Maidenhair Spleenwort – Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort – Asplenium trichomanes, up close and personal.

 

Maidenhair Spleenwort – Asplenium trichomanes
Fertile fronds of the Maidenhair Spleenwort – Asplenium trichomanes, with their characteristic Christsmas-Tree-Shaped® sori pattern.

 

New Zealand fern legend Leon Perrie has written an article on the two types of Maidenhair spleenworts found in NZ.

See also the iNaturalist NZ Fern project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ferns-in-nz and Maidenhair Spleenwort observations on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/75609-Asplenium-trichomanes.

 

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