Browsing items filed under: Fern × Full Shade × Heavy Clay Loam × Asplenium bulbiferum Hens and chickens fern One of our best-known and versatile ferns. Blechnum discolour Crown fern. Piupiu. Found throughout NZ usually in drier forests Blechnum novae-zealandiae Palm-leaf fern Kiokio. Found growing in clay soils on embankments and roadsides. Cyathea dealbata Ponga, silver fern Well known symbol of NZ, grows in forests throughout NZ. Cyathea medullaris Mamaku, black ponga Tallest of the tree ferns Cyathea smithii Soft tree fern Found throughout NZ in moist soils. Distinguishes itself from other tree fern species because of its 'skirt' of dead fronds that hang from the top of the plant. Todea barbara Found on off-shore islands and north of Bay of Islands. Attractive fern unfortunately becoming very rare due to forestry and development. Tolerates quite dry conditions.