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Pteris macilenta
Also called Sweet Fern
Pteris macilenta is a species of fern endemic to New Zealand.
Pteris macilenta contains the following varieties:
P. macilenta prefers habitats ranging from coastal to montane regions in northern areas, predominantly occupying dry, less vegetated sites within forests. Its growth is commonly in a variety of settings including more open kauri, podocarp, beech, and broadleaved forests, as well as under manuka and kanuka shrub and Carex secta. It is much more common on the mainland than on the offshore islands. The species has an affinity for substrates such as scoria, greywacke, and limestone, favoring environments like stream banks, river terraces, wet gullies, clay banks, clearings, forest margins, roadside banks, coastal cliffs. It is especially prevalent over calcareous or other base-rich rocks, and often growing amongst the roots of the trees.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pteris macilenta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
