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Hypolepis ambigua, (commonly known as pigfern) is a species of fern that grows in New Zealand.[1]

Pigfern
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus:	Hypolepis
Species:	H. ambigua
Binomial name
Hypolepis ambigua Brownsey & Chinnock

The fern has broad fronds which grow up to 120 cm long, the fronds have mostly colourless hairs and some brown-tinged hairs on the midribs, while the stalks have red-brown or pale-brown bristly hairs. It grows in the shade in moist soil.

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