Story: Ferns and lycophytes

More links and websites

• Checklist of the New Zealand flora – ferns and lycophytes

  List of New Zealand ferns and lycophytes, with basic information about species in each genus and family.

• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

  This website presents illustrated fact sheets for each New Zealand fern and lycophyte species.

• Ngā tipu o Aotearoa – New Zealand plants

  Landcare Research’s New Zealand plant database provides information on the taxonomy and distribution of the country’s ferns and lycophytes.

More suggestions and sources

• Brownsey, P. J. ‘Ferns: the glory of the forest.’ New Zealand Geographic 49 (2002): 64–82.
• Brownsey, P. J., and John C. Smith-Dodsworth. New Zealand ferns and allied plants. New rev. ed. Auckland: David Bateman, 2000.
• Crowe, Andrew. Native edible plants of New Zealand. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1990.
• Moran, Robbin C. A natural history of ferns. Portland, Oregon: Timber, 2004.
• Riley, Murdoch. Maori healing and herbal. Paraparaumu: Viking Sevenseas, 1994.
• Van der Mast, Sandra. Ferns for New Zealand gardens. Auckland: Godwit, 1998.