King Fern
King fern is a common name for several ferns and may refer to: *''Ptisana salicina'' *''Todea barbara ''Todea barbara'' is known as the king fern or Crape Fern (Family Osmundaceae). Occurring in moist areas of south eastern Australia, and also indigenous to New Zealand and South Africa. Taxonomy Carl Linnaeus described the king fern in volume I ...'', native to southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa {{Short pages monitor ...
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Ptisana Salicina
''Ptisana salicina'', or king fern, is a species of fern native to Norfolk Island, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Large and robust with a distinctive tropical appearance, it has fronds up to 5 metres (16 feet +/-) tall that arise from a starchy base that was a traditional food for the Maori. It has several other common names including para, tawhiti-para, and horseshoe fern. Distribution King fern is indigenous to Norfolk Island (the type locality), New Zealand, New Caledonia, Cook Islands, Austral Islands, Society Islands and the Marquesas. It is closely related to ''Ptisana smithii'' of Vanuatu, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and Tonga. In New Zealand it is found in lowland areas on the north-western half of the North Island from inland Wanganui northwards. It is most abundant in the western Waikato, where it is found in forests and forest remnants. It prefers limestone-rich soils, including the entrances to caves and shady stream sides. It often grows in New Zealand ass ...
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