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Common name: Hound's tongue fern, kowaowao Botanical name: Microsorum pustulatum (Phymatosorus diversifolius)
Family: Polypodiaceae Maximum height: 25 centimetres

 

Where found:

  • Abundant in coastal to montane forest, often epiphytic (growing on trees), usually in slightly drier places
Description:
  • Thick rhizomes with leathery, bright green glossy fronds
  • Large round sori (spore capsules) on the underside of fertile fronds

 

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PHOTO: Barry Hartley

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