Big ferns
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Sun 10 Feb 2013 18:40
NZ has an ideal climate for ferns. There are over
160 species here, including the iconic tree ferns of which there are eight
species in two genera. Here aresome beautiful Katote Cyathea smithii (the skirt
of dead fronds is diagnostic) in a lovely wet forest along the Buller River in
South Island.
All of NZ's tree ferns have survived without
extinction since humans arrived here - they've fared much better than have the
animals luckily, because they're beautiful.
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