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Hard fern
Paesia scaberula
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Fairy FernOdontosoria chinensisStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| New Zealand | 2,142 |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 634 |
| Waikato Region | 233 |
| West Coast Region | 220 |
| Tasman Region | 192 |
| Auckland Region | 173 |
| Northland Region | 131 |
| Bay of Plenty Region | 126 |
| Taranaki Region | 91 |
| Manawatu-Wanganui Region | 81 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Ferns · Polypodiopsida |
| Order | Polypodiales |
| Family | bracken family · Dennstaedtiaceae |
| Genus | Paesia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Hard fern with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.