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Story: Ferns and lycophytes

Leather-leaf fern

Leather-leaf fern

Only a few hardy ferns like this leather-leaf fern (Pyrrosia eleagnifolia) manage to thrive in exposed shoreline conditions.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Photograph by Alastair McLean

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Patrick Brownsey. 'Ferns and lycophytes', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ferns-and-lycophytes/4/1