The following list of ferns can be readily grown in New Zealand gardens:
Adiantum diaphanum
Common names: tuberous maidenhair, small maidenhair
Family: Pteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Adiantum hispidulum
Common names: rosy maidenhair
Family: Pteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Asplenium bulbiferum
Common names: hen and chicken fern, pikopiko, mother spleenwort
Family: Aspleniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Asplenium flaccidum
Common names: drooping spleenwort, hanging spleenwort
Family: Aspleniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Austroblechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina
Common names: little hard fern, alpine hard fern
Family: Blechnaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Alsophila tricolor
Common names: silver fern, ponga
Family: Cyatheaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Sphaeropteris medullaris
Common names: mamaku, black tree fern
Family: Cyatheaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Alsophila smithii
Common names: kātote, Smith’s tree fern, soft tree fern
Family: Cyatheaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Davallia tasmanii subsp. tasmanii
Common names: davallia, Three Kings davallia
Family: Davalliaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Dicksonia squarrosa
Common names: wheki, rough tree fern, harsh tree fern
Family: Dicksoniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Doodia australis
Common names: rasp fern
Family: Blechnaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum
Common names: kidney fern, konehu, kopakopa, raurenga
Family: Hymenophyllaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Lastreopsis velutina
Common names: velvet fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Leptopteris superba
Common names: heruheru, crêpe fern, Prince of Wales feathers
Family: Osmundaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Lomaria discolor
Common names: crown fern, petipeti, piupiu
Family: Blechnaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Pellaea rotundifolia
Common names: round-leaved fern, New Zealand cliff brake
Family: Pteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Polystichum vestitum
Common names: pūniu, prickly shield fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Rumohra adiantiformis
Common names: leathery shield fern, florists fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Sticherus cunninghamii
Common names: umbrella fern, waekura, tapuwae kotuku
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Zealandia pustulata subsp. pustulata
Common names: hound’s tongue, kōwaowao, pāraharaha
Family: Polypodiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
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