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Know the native flora in Tawa reserves – Kōwaowao, pāraharaha, hound’s tongue, Microsorium pustulatum(from Gil Roper’s writings)

Kōwaowao, Microsorium pustulatum spreads over the ground using creeping horizontal stems (rhizomes) from which erect fronds grow out and extend upwards. The glossy, lime green, leathery fronds will often be on tree trunks when the rhizomes have extended their growth upwards from the ground to form an epiphyte on the tree. At maturity, the undersidesContinue reading “Know the native flora in Tawa reserves – Kōwaowao, pāraharaha, hound’s tongue, Microsorium pustulatum(from Gil Roper’s writings)”