Austroblechnum lanceolatum facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Austroblechnum lanceolatum
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Acrostichum nanum (Fée) Hook. Austroblechnum doodioides (Brack.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich Blechnum chambersii Tind. Blechnum doodioides (Brack.) Brownlie Blechnum lanceolatum (R.Br.) Sturm Egonolfia nana Fée Lomaria doodioides Brack. Lomaria lanceolata (R.Br.) Spreng. Spicanta lanceolata (R.Br.) Kuntze Stegania lanceolata R.Br. Struthiopteris lanceolata (R.Br.) Ching

Meet the lance water fern! Its scientific name is Austroblechnum lanceolatum, but you might also hear it called Blechnum chambersii. This cool plant is a type of fern from the Blechnaceae family.

You can find this fern growing in places like Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, and Fiji. In New Zealand, people also call it by its Māori names, nini and rereti.

Where It Lives

This fern loves to grow in the southeastern parts of Australia. You can also find it on the islands of Samoa and Fiji.

In New Zealand, it grows on the North Island and in many coastal forests on the South Island.

The lance water fern is also a special home for a moth called Batrachedra litterata. This moth is found only in New Zealand, and it uses the fern as a place to live and grow.

See also

In Spanish: Blechnum chambersii para niños