List of native New Zealand ferns
This is a list of native New Zealand ferns. These are the true ferns in the Division Pteridophyta that are native to New Zealand. The ferns of Cyathea and Dicksonia are tree ferns that can grow quite high, all the other genus groups are that of ground, climbing or perching ferns.
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Aspleniaceae
There are over 700 species in the genus Asplenium, the spleenworts. Around 20 are native to New Zealand, with A. aethiopicum naturalized since 2003.
- Asplenium appendiculatum - Ground spleenwort, Coastal spleenwort
- Asplenium bulbiferum - Hen and Chickens fern, mouku, manamana
- Asplenium chathamense
- Asplenium cimmeriorum
- Asplenium flabellifolium - Butterfly fern, Necklace fern
- Asplenium flaccidum - Hanging spleenwort, raukatauri
- Asplenium gracillimum
- Asplenium haurakiense - Hauraki Gulf spleenwort
- Asplenium hookerianum - Hooker's spleenwort
- Asplenium lamprophyllum
- Asplenium lyallii - Lyall's spleenwort
- Asplenium northlandicum - Northern shore spleenwort
- Asplenium oblongifolium - Shining spleenwort, huruhuruwhenua
- Asplenium obtusatum - Shore spleenwort, paranako, parenako
- Asplenium pauperequitum - Poor Knights spleenwort
- Asplenium polyodon - Sickle spleenwort, petako
- Asplenium richardii - Richard's spleenwort, matua-kaponga
- Asplenium scleroprium (A. aucklandicum)
- Asplenium shuttleworthianum
- Asplenium subglandulosum - Blanket fern
- Asplenium trichomanes - Maidenhair spleenwort
Blechnaceae
- Blechnum chambersii - Lance water fern
- Blechnum colensoi - Waterfall fern, Colenso's hard fern
- Blechnum discolor - Crown fern
- Blechnum fluviatile - Creek fern, kiwikiwi
- Blechnum filiforme - Thread fern
- Blechnum fraseri - Miniature Tree Fern
- Blechnum penna-marina - Alpine Water Fern
- Blechnum procerum - Mountain Kiokio
- Blechnum novae-zelandiae - Palm-Leaf Fern, Kio kio
- Doodia media - Rasp fern
Cyatheaceae
- Cyathea colensoi - Mountain tree fern
- Cyathea cunninghamii - Gully tree fern, Slender tree fern or Ponga
- Cyathea dealbata - Silver tree fern, Silver fern, Kaponga or Ponga
- Cyathea kermadecensis – Kermadec tree fern (Kermadec Islands)
- Cyathea medullaris – Black tree fern, Mamaku
- Cyathea milnei – Milnes tree fern (Kermadec Islands)
- Cyathea smithii – Soft tree fern, Katote
Dennstaedtiaceae
- Histiopteris incisa – Water Fern
- Hypolepis ambigua – Pig Fern
- Hypolepis millefolium – Thousand-Leaved Fern
- Paesia scaberula – Ring Fern
- Pteridium esculentum – Bracken
Dicksoniaceae
- Dicksonia squarrosa – wheki, rough tree fern,
- Dicksonia fibrosa – wheki-ponga
- Dicksonia lanata – tūōkura
Dryopteridaceae
- Lastreopsis glabella
- Lastreopsis hispida – Hairy fern
- Polystichum richardii – Common shield fern
- Polystichum vestitum – Prickly shield fern
Elaphoglossaceae
- Rumohra adiantiformis – climbing shield fern
Gleicheniaceae
- Diranopteris linearis
- Gleichenia dicarpa – Tangle fern, spider fern, swamp umbrella fern
- Gleichenia circinnata – Tangle fern, spider fern, swamp umbrella fern
- Gleichenia microphylla – Carrier tangle, parasol fern, waewaekākā
- Sticherus cunninghamii – Umbrella fern, tapuwae kōtuku, waekura
- Sticherus flabellatus
- Sticherus tener
Grammitidaceae
- Ctenopteris herterphylla – Comb fern, Gypsy Fern
- Grammitis billardierei – Common strap fern
- Grammitis ciliata
- Grammitis gunnii
- Grammitis magellanica
- Grammitis patagonica
- Grammitis pseudociliata
- Grammitis rawlingsii
- Grammitis ridida
Hymenophyllaceae
- Hymenopyllum armstrongii
- Hymenopyllum atrovirens
- Hymenopyllum bivalve
- Hymenophyllum cupressiforme
- Hymenopyllum demissum – Drooping filmy fern, irirangi, piripiri
- Hymenopyllum dilatatum – Matua, mauku
- Hymenopyllum ferrugineum – Rusty filmy fern
- Hymenophyllum flabellatum – Fan-like filmy fern
- Hymenophyllum flexuosum
- Hymenophyllum lyallii
- Hymenophyllum malingii
- Hymenophyllum minimum
- Hymenophyllum multifidum – Much-divided filmy fern
- Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum – kidney fern, konehu, kopakapa, raurenga
- Hymenophyllum peltatum – One-sided filmy fern
- Hymenophyllum pulcherrimun – Tufted filmy fern
- Hymenophyllum rarum
- Hymenophyllum revolutum
- Hymenophyllum rufescens
- Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum – Piripiri
- Hymenophyllum scabrum – Rough filmy fern
- Hymenophyllum villosum – Hairy filmy fern
- Trichomanes colensoi
- Trichomanes elongatum – Bristle fern
- Trichomanes endlicherianum
- Trichomanes venosum
Marattiaceae
- Ptisana salicina - King fern, horseshoe fern, para
Osmundaceae
- Leptopteris hymenophylloides – Single crepe fern, heruheru
- Leptopteris superba – Crepe fern, Prince of Wales feathers, heruheru, ngātukākariki, ngutungutu kiwi
- Osmeunda regalis – Royal fern
- Todea barbara – Hard todea
Ophioglossaceae
- Botrychium australe – Parsley fern, patotara
- Botrychium biforme – Fine-leaved parsley fern
- Botrychium lunaria – Moonwort
- Ophioglossum coriaceum – Adder’s tongue
- Ophioglossum petiolatum – Stalked adder tongue
Polypodiaceae
- Loxogramme dictyopteris – Lance fern
- Microsorum pustulatum – Hounds tongue fern, kōwaowao, pāraharaha
- Microsorum novae-zealandiae
- Microsorum scandens – Fragrant fern, mokimoki
- Polypodium vulgare – Common polypody
- Pyrrosia eleagnifolia – Leather-leaf fern
Pteridaceae
- Adiantum aethiopicum – True maidenhair, mākaka
- Adiantum capillus-veneris – European maidenhair, venus-hair fern
- Adiantum cunninghamii – Common maidenhair, Cunningham’s maidenhair
- Adiantum diaphanum – Small maidenhair
- Adiantum formosum – Giant maidenhair, plumed maidenhair
- Adiantum fulvum
- Adiantum hispidulum – Rosy maidenhair
- Adiantum Raddianum
- Adiantum viridescens
- Anogramma leptophylla – Annual fern, Jersey fern
- Cheilanthes distans – Woolly cloak fern, woolly rock fern
- Cheilanthes sieberi – Rock fern
- Pellaea calidirupium
- Pellaea falcata
- Pellaea rotundifolia – Button fern, round-leaved fern, tarawera
- Pteris comans – Coastal brake, netted brake
- Pteris cretica – Cretan brake
- Pteris macilenta – Sweet fern
- Pteris saxatilis – Carse
- Pteris tremula – Shaking brake, tender brake, turawera
- Pneumatopteris pennigera – Gully fern
Schizaeaceae
- Lygodium articulatum – Bushman's mattress, makamaka, mangemange
- Schizaea australis – Southern comb fern
- Schizaea dichotoma – Fan fern
- Schizaea fistulosa – Comb fern
See also
- List of native New Zealand fern allies
- Flora of New Zealand
References
- Brownsey, P. and Smith-Dodsworth, J (2000) ‘’New Zealand ferns and allied plants, Auckland, David Bateman Ltd.
- Landcare Research: Ngā Tipu o Aotearoa—New Zealand Plants
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