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

• Asplenium bulbiferum - Hen and Chickens fern, mouku
• Asplenium flaccidum - Hanging spleenwort
• Asplenium polyodon - Sickle spleenwort
• Asplenium oblongifolium - Shining 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 - New Zealand tree fern, Rough Tree Fern, wheki
• Dicksonia fibrosa - Wheki-ponga
• Dicksonia lanata var. hispida - Tuokuro
• Dicksonia lanata var. lanata - Tuokuro

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
• Hymenopyllum fleuosum
• Hymenopyllum lyallii
• Hymenopyllum malingii
• Hymenopyllum minimum
• Hymenopyllum multifidum – Much-divided filmy fern
• Hymenopyllum peltatum – One-sided filmy fern
• Hymenopyllum pulcherrimun – Tufted filmy fern
• Hymenopyllum rarum
• Hymenopyllum revoltum
• Hymenopyllum refescens
• Hymenopyllum sanguinolentum - Piripiri
• Hymenopyllum scabrum – Rough filmy fern
• Hymenopyllum villosum – Hairy filmy fern
• Trichomanes colensoi
• Trichomanes elongatum - Bristle fern
• Trichomanes endlicherianum
• Trichomanes reniforme – Kidney fern, konehu, kopakapa, raurenga

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 – Bushmans mattress, makamaka, mangemange
• Schizaea austrlis – 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