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  1. Dicksonia squarrosa

  2. 31/12/2017 3:00:05 p.m. John Gummer
    (Non-member from Auckland)

    Is Dicksonia squarrosa what we commonly call a Ponga?

  3. 31/12/2017 3:20:48 p.m. Peter de Lange

    No - 'Ponga' is mostly used a generic name for all tree ferns - though it is often now used for silver fern (Cyathea dealbata) - it is, at least as far as I know not exclusive to that species. Dicksonia squarrosa is mostly known by the name 'wheki' and its close relative D. fiborsa 'wheki ponga'.

  4. 3/01/2018 9:18:08 p.m. Graeme Ure

    but D. squarrosa is the species most commonly cut for the ponga trunk trade

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