Adiantum aethiopicum Common Maidenhair Tufted perennial herb spreading from slender, scale-covered branching stems which creep both above and below ground to form a spreading groundcover.
Anogramma leptophylla Annual Fern Delicate tufted annual herb with erect or spreading fronds. Dies down in summer to a tuber formed by the first stage of a fern (gametophyte) which is perennial.
Asplenium flabellifolium Necklace Fern Trailing tufted perennial spreading from short underground stems to form large colonies. Frond tips without segments, sometimes rooting to produce plantlets. May be epiphytic on logs and tree trunks.
Blechnum cartilagineum Gristle Fern Erect tufting perennial clumping at the end of erect rhizome (rooting stem), rhizome also spreading and branched, forming colonies. Sterile and fertile fronds similar (different in all other blechnums).
Blechnum chambersii Lance Water-fern Semi-erect tufting perennial at the end of short erect rhizome (rooting stem). Sterile and fertile fronds dissimilar.
Blechnum fluviatile Ray Water-fern Tufted rosette of arching fronds at the end of short erect rhizome (rooting stem), also flat rhizomes forming small colonies. Sterile and fertile fronds dissimilar.
Blechnum minus Soft Water-fern Densely tufted perennial fern with erect to spreading fronds, on erect rhizome (rooting stem), sometimes forming a short trunk. Forms spreading colonies. Sterile and fertile fronds dissimilar. New growth pink.
Blechnum nudum Fishbone Water-fern Densely tufted perennial fern with erect fronds, on thick erect rhizome (rooting stem), sometimes forming a short trunk. Forms large colonies. Sterile and fertile fronds dissimilar. New growth yellowish.
Blechnum parrisiae Common Rasp-fern Erect tufted perennial fern spreading from short underground stems to form a groundcover. Sterile and fertile fronds similar. New growth purplish-pink to bronze.
Blechnum patersonii Strap Water-fern Erect to spreading densely tufting perennial on short semi-erect rhizome (rooting stem). Sterile and fertile fronds dissimilar. New growth reddish.
Blechnum penna-marina ssp. alpina Alpine Water-fern Erect tufted or spreading perennial fern spreading along a creeping underground stem to form small colonies. Sterile and fertile fronds dissimilar. New growth bronze to pink.
Blechnum rupestre Small Rasp-fern Small tufted perennial fern rising from short underground stems. Sterile and fertile fronds dissimilar, sterile spreading, fertile erect. New growth soft, tinged pink.
Blechnum wattsii Hard Water-fern Erect leathery perennial spreading along creeping, branched underground stems to form a dense extensive groundcover. Sterile and fertile fronds dissimilar. New growth tinged pink or bronze.
Calochlaena dubia Common Ground-fern, False Bracken Single upright fronds 2-8cm apart spreading along branched underground stems to form dense colonies. New growth bright green, covered in clear to pale hairs.
Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia Green Rock Fern Small clumping perennial herb spreading from short, branched underground stems. Fertile and sterile fronds separate, similar .
Cyathea australis Rough Tree-fern Upright tree fern, becoming buttressed at the base. Fibrous trunk 15-40cm diameter.
Cyathea x marcescens Skirted Tree Fern See Cyathea cunninghamii. Naturally occurring sterile hybrid between Cyathea australis and C. cunninghamii. Trunk to 30cm diameter.
Dawsonia superba Tall Dawsonia, Giant Moss Stiff, robust moss, individual plants erect, forming spreading colonies.
Dennstaedtia davallioides Lacy Ground-fern Single upright fronds with drooping tips, distantly spaced along branched underground stems to form large colonies. Clear hairs on veins on underside.
Dicksonia antarctica Soft Tree-fern, Komba'derk Erect, thick trunk covered in fibrous roots, often buttressed at base.
Diplazium australe Austral Lady-fern Erect to arching tufted perennial, old stems remaining to form small trunks on older plants.
Gleichenia dicarpa Pouched or Wiry Coral Fern Scrambling fern forming extensive tangled colonies. Spreads by vigorous much-branched underground stems. Major frond branches have cobwebby and flat star-shaped hairs and fringed scales.
Gleichenia microphylla Scrambling Coral Fern Scrambling fern. Repeated forking of fronds to form extensive tangled thickets. Vigorous underground stems. Major frond branches green with bundles of short shiny red-brown bristles & fringed scales.