Hymenophyllum Demissum
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''Hymenophyllum demissum'' is a species of
fern The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...
in the family Hymenophyllaceae. ''H. demissum'' is found in New Zealand, with a specific example occurrence being in
North Island The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of , it is the List ...
's Hamilton Ecological District in a ''
Nothofagus ''Nothofagus'', also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 43 species of trees and shrubs native to the Southern Hemisphere, found across southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and east and southeast Australia, New Zealand, New Guin ...
''- podocarp forest in association with other fern species understory plants, crown fern, '' Blechnum discolor'' being an example.C. Michael Hogan. 2009


References

* C. Michael Hogan. 2009
''Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
* Leonard Cockayne. 1921. ''The vegetation of New Zealand'', published by W. Engelmann, 364 pages


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demissum Ferns of New Zealand {{Polypodiidae-stub