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Kōrero: Ferns and lycophytes

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Land of ferns

Fern-covered stream banks

Fern-covered stream banks

Threadfern

Silver fern koru

Silver fern koru

Fork fern

Quillwort

Quillwort (1 o 2)

Variable club moss

Variable club moss (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Reproduction

Fern life cycle

Fern life cycle

Hound’s tongue fern sori

Hound’s tongue fern sori (1 o 4)

Hen and chickens fern sori

Hen and chickens fern sori (2 o 4)

Kidney fern sori

Kidney fern sori (3 o 4)

Fertile leaves of crown fern

Fertile leaves of crown fern (4 o 4)

Hen and chickens fern budding

Hen and chickens fern budding

Tuber sword-fern

Tuber sword-fern

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Ferns and lycophytes in New Zealand

Filmy ferns

Kiokio

Shining spleenwort

Shining spleenwort

Silver fern

Silver fern (1 o 3)

Whekī

Mamaku

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Habitat

Leather-leaf fern

Leather-leaf fern

Forest interior

Forest interior

Bracken on hillside

Bracken on hillside

Whisk fern

Floating fern

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Distribution

Jersey fern

Endemic and introduced ferns, lycophytes and seed plants

Endemic and introduced ferns, lycophytes and seed plants

African clubmoss

African clubmoss

Common horsetail

Common horsetail

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Ferns in New Zealand culture

Māori use of fiddleheads

Māori use of fiddleheads

Ponga house

Fern album

Fern album (1 o 2)

‘Blue book’ illustration

‘Blue book’ illustration (2 o 2)

Remembering a soldier

Remembering a soldier

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Patrick Brownsey, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ferns-and-lycophytes/media (accessed 2 April 2023)

He kōrero nā Patrick Brownsey, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007