little hard fern

Blechnum penna-marina

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Blechnum penna-marina, Antarctic hard-fern, alpine water fern, pinque (Chilean Spanish), is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae, with a natural range from the Araucanía Region to the south and from the coast to the tree line of the Magellanic forests in Chile and adjacent areas of Argentina. It is also found in New Zealand, Australia and some Pacific islands. It is evergreen and grows to 20 cm (8 in).

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  1. (c) James Gaither, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/4520660778/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austroblechnum_penna-marina

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