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A small evergreen species from New Zealand that may well be among the hardier members
of a mostly tender genus. The Flora of New Zealand says: "Adiantum fulvum occurs on the Kermadec Islands, and in lowland to montane areas of the North Island from Te Paki to Wellington, but is common only from Northland to the Bay of Plenty, with more scattered populations south to Wellington. It is absent from much of the central North Island. In the South Island it is confined to the Marlborough Sounds and north-west Nelson, but was formerly known from Oxford, Canterbury (WELT P008398), and Banks Peninsula (Akaroa, Kirk, CHR 291742; J.F. Armstrong, CHR 633293), where it has not been collected since the 19th century, but from where the species was first described (Raoul 1846). It grows from near sea level, reaching 450 m in the Tutamoe Range, Northland. A single collection (AK 300996) has been made from the Chatham Islands." |
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| 4th October 2018 | ||
