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Mountain Kiokio
Blechnum montanum
Blechnum montanum, or mountain kiokio, is a species of fern, endemic to New Zealand.
From the article Blechnum montanum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A large fern, B. montanum has scaly rhizomes that can be up to 20cm long, and strongly dimorphic fronds.
Range & habitat
This species is found in the North and South Island of New Zealand, as well as the outlying subantarctic islands of the Auckland, Campbell, and Antipodes Islands, along with the Chatham Islands. North of Auckland, only hybrids with B. novae-zelandiae may be present.
Wikipedia: “Range”
In human culture
Montanum comes from its montane and subalpine habitat, from the Latin montanus, for 'mountain'.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Blechnum montanum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 400015.