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Paesia scaberula, the ring fern or mātata, is a lacy, creeping New Zealand fern that grows up to 115 centimetres (45 in) with yellow-green fronds, brown stalks and a distinctive smell.[2]

Paesia scaberula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus:	Paesia
Species:	P. scaberula
Binomial name
Paesia scaberula (A.Rich.) Kuhn
Synonyms[1]
Allosorus scaberulus (A.Rich.) C.Presl, 1836. Ornithopteris scaberula (A.Rich.) J.Sm., 1875. Pteris microphylla A.Cunn., 1837. Pteris scaberula A.Rich., 1832.

Distribution

This fern can be found throughout the North and South Islands, Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands.[3]

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