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Kōrero: Ferns and lycophytes

Leather-leaf fern

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Leather-leaf fern

Only a few hardy ferns like this leather-leaf fern (Pyrrosia eleagnifolia) manage to thrive in exposed shoreline conditions.

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by Alastair McLean

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Patrick Brownsey, Ferns and lycophytes – Habitat, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10889/leather-leaf-fern (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Patrick Brownsey, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.