Pigfern

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Dennstaedtiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Hypolepis
Species: H. ambigua
Binomial name
Hypolepis ambigua

Pigfern (Hypolepis ambigua) is a species of fern that grows in New Zealand. The fern has broad fronds which grow up to 120 cm long, the fronds have mostly colourless hairs and some brown-tinged hairs on the midribs, while the stalks have red-brown or pale-brown bristly hairs. It grows in the shade in moist soil.