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hound's tongue fern

Microsorum pustulatum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 337, February 263, March 253, April 707, May 236, June 144, July 147, August 151, September 221, October 282, November 336, December 253.
New Zealand3,330
Wellington Region817
Australia649
Canterbury Region545
Tasmania360
Auckland Region337
Otago Region303
Waikato Region247
Victoria213
West Coast Region204

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
Familypolypody family · Polypodiaceae
GenusMicrosorum

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