We were a-wandering in the Takaka Hills the other day when we came across some healthy looking Maidenhair spleenwort ferns.
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Mātātā – Ring fern – Paesia scaberula
The Mātātā or Ring fern is also known as the Lace fern (easy to see why), the Scented fern (due to the scent given off when the fronds are warm) […]
Continue Reading »Tarawera – Button Fern – Pellaea Rotundifolia
The Button fern, also known as the Round-leaved fern and the New Zealand cliff brake is endemic to New Zealand and seems to be quite a popular house plant. It […]
Continue Reading »Kiwikiwi – Creek Fern – Blechnum Fluviatile
The Creek fern is native to New Zealand (where it’s also known by an alternative Maori name Kiwakiwa) and southeast Australia where it is known as the Ray water-fern – […]
Continue Reading »Raurenga – Kidney Fern – Hymenophyllum Nephrophyllum
The Kidney Fern: World Famous in New Zealand.
Continue Reading »Waekura – Umbrella Fern – Sticherus Cunninghamii
The Umbrella fern is a distinctive and graceful fern found in a range of environments. These images are of Umbrella ferns in Tongariro NP and the Oparara Basin on the West Coast of New Zealand.
Continue Reading »Big Rimu Tree Walk – Karamea, West Coast, New Zealand [Video]
Karamea has to one of NZ’s hippest small towns. It’s definitely got it’s own thing going on up there in the northern West Coast. Close to the Heaphy track, the […]
Continue Reading »Wheki-Ponga Tree Fern – Koru
Unfurling Wheki-Ponga frond – Koru. Snapped on a trip to Karamea.
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