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Sweet Fern

Pteris macilenta

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 134, February 105, March 99, April 236, May 98, June 77, July 70, August 79, September 109, October 112, November 88, December 106.
New Zealand1,313
Wellington Region312
Waikato Region233
Taranaki Region145
Auckland Region144
Bay of Plenty Region114
Tasman Region73
West Coast Region65
Northland Region64
Manawatu-Wanganui Region53

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
Familybrake family · Pteridaceae
Genusbrakes · Pteris

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