Mature ponga or silver ferns (Cyathea dealbata) can be recognised by the silver-white undersides of their fronds (inset). These ferns grow to about 10 metres high, and are found throughout lowland forest and secondary scrub in the North Island and drier regions of the South Island.
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Photograph by Melanie Lovell-Smith; Iona Wassilieff (inset)
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