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Story: Ferns and lycophytes

Ponga house

Ponga house

The walls of this house on the Chatham Islands, built about 1890, were constructed from ponga or tree-fern trunks.

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Christchurch City Libraries
Reference: PhotoCD5 IMG0090

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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/6/2