''Parablechnum novae-zelandiae'',

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''Blechnum novae-zelandiae'', commonly known as palm-leaf fern or kiokio, is a species of

fern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...

found in

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. It can often be found growing in

clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...

soil on embankments and roadsides. ''P. novae-zelandiae'' has long fronds that grow up to 2 metres long by 50 cm wide. They are pink when new and as they age they turn green and darken.

References

Blechnaceae Ferns of New Zealand Plants described in 1998 {{Polypodiales-stub