Dicksonia squarrosa(G.Forst.) Sw.

New Zealand tree fern

WFO wfo-0000141579 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Dicksonia squarrosa, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. a Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 203786542
Dicksonia squarrosa, photographed by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉
fig. b Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191013865
Dicksonia squarrosa, photographed by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉
fig. c Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190848273
Dicksonia squarrosa, photographed by Halema J
fig. d Halema J, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191437436
Dicksonia squarrosa, photographed by danrob
fig. e danrob, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189918057
Dicksonia squarrosa, photographed by Kelvin Perrie
fig. f Kelvin Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191997852
Dicksonia squarrosa, photographed by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉
fig. g Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190589674
Dicksonia squarrosa, photographed by Hannah Rogers
fig. h Hannah Rogers, CC0 1.0 / obs. 186490418

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Balantium squarrosum Kunze
  • Dicksonia gracilis Colenso
  • Dicksonia squarrosa var. gracilis C.Chr.
  • Trichomanes squarrosum G.Forst.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.