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Fern frond

A native New Zealand fern frond.

A native fern frond. The high percentage of species found nowhere else in the world makes New Zealand’s native biodiversity both special and highly vulnerable.

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Rights: greghadley1, CC BY-NC 4.0
Published: 9 September 2008Updated: 16 September 2025Size: 1.26 MB
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