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Pigfern

Pigfern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Hypolepis
Species: H. ambigua
Binomial name
Hypolepis ambigua
Brownsey & Chinnock

Hypolepis ambigua, (commonly known as pigfern) is a species of fern that grows in New Zealand.

The fern has broad fronds which grow up to 120 cm long, the fronds have mostly colourless hairs and some brown-tinged hairs on the midribs, while the stalks have red-brown or pale-brown bristly hairs. It grows in the shade in moist soil.



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