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Kōrero: Ferns and lycophytes

Whisk fern

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Whisk fern

In New Zealand, the whisk fern (Psilotum nudum) is confined to warm habitats, especially thermal ground in the North Island. It is very distinctive, with light green stems, tiny scale leaves, and tri-lobed spore capsules.

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by Bruce Clarkson

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Patrick Brownsey, Ferns and lycophytes – Habitat, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10902/whisk-fern (accessed 4 June 2026).

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