The following list of ferns can be readily grown in New Zealand gardens:
Adiantum diaphanum
Common name: Tuberous maidenhair, Small maidenhair
Family: Pteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Adiantum hispidulum
Common name: Rosy maidenhair
Family: Pteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Asplenium bulbiferum
Common name: Hen and chicken fern, pikopiko, mother spleenwort
Family: Aspleniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Asplenium flaccidum
Common name: Drooping spleenwort, hanging spleenwort
Family: Aspleniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Austroblechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina
Common name: Little hard fern, alpine hard fern
Family: Blechnaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Cyathea dealbata
Common name: Silver fern, ponga
Family: Cyatheaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Cyathea medullaris
Common name: Black tree fern, mamaku, black mamaku
Family: Cyatheaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Cyathea smithii
Common name: Katote, Smiths tree fern, soft tree fern
Family: Cyatheaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Davallia tasmanii subsp. tasmanii
Common name: Davallia, Three Kings Davallia
Family: Davalliaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Dicksonia squarrosa
Common name: Rough tree fern, harsh tree fern, wheki
Family: Dicksoniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Doodia australis
Common name: Rasp fern
Family: Blechnaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum
Common name: Kidney fern, Konehu, Kopakopa, Raurenga
Family: Hymenophyllaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Lastreopsis velutina
Common name: Velvet fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Leptopteris superba
Common name: Heruheru, crêpe fern, Prince of Wales feathers
Family: Osmundaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Lomaria discolor
Common name: Crown fern, petipeti, piupiu
Family: Blechnaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Pellaea rotundifolia
Common name: Round-leaved fern, New Zealand cliff brake
Family: Pteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Polystichum vestitum
Common name: Punui, prickly shield fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Rumohra adiantiformis
Common name: Leathery shield fern, florists fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Sticherus cunninghamii
Common name: Umbrella fern, Waekura, Tapuwae kotuku
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Zealandia pustulata subsp. pustulata
Common name: Hounds tongue, kowaowao, paraharaha
Family: Polypodiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
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