TONGARIRO WORLD HERITAGE   
NATIONAL* PARK   
LEARN  YOUR  FERNS

How many can you find near Ferngate?



Use this free app       

AOTEAROA SPECIES CLASSIFIER           

 
Golden
   tree fern
Kuripaka
Dicksonia
   fibrosa

Smith's
   tree fern
Kātote Cyathea
   smithii

Rough
  tree fern
Wheki Dicksonia
   squarrosa

Palm leaf fern Kiokio             
Blechnum
  novae-zelandiae

Crown fern Piupiu Lomaria
   discolor

Hen & chickens Mouku Asplenium
   bulbiferum

Water fern Mata Histiopteris
   incisa

Mare's tail fern
Petako Asplenium
   polyodon

Filmy fern Irirangi Hymenophyllum
   demissum

Lime fern Pakau Pneumatopteris
  pennigera

Hound’s tongue
    fern
Kō-wao-wao,
Microsorum
   pustulatum

Sad creek fern Kiwa-kiwa Cranfillia
   fluviatilis

Drooping
   spleenwort
Makawe Asplenium
   flaccidum


Now walk up the track, pointing and calling out,
"Crown Fern, piupiu; Dixonia, the golden one: umm...whaaat!???
and haul out your cell phone.

There are three more tree ferns for you to find;
    — the silver fern with white leaf undersides
    — the black monkey tail tree fern.
    — you probably didn't find the young wheki near the gate.

       Happy hunting!



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