Shortlisted for the 1995 AIM Children's Book Awards, non-fiction section. Which Native Fern is it? Find out simply and accurately by using Andrew Crowe's unique method of identification. Find a fern frond and follow the simple keys to name the plant. This handy guide features:

Full colour illustrations of each fern

Illustrations that show fern shape, height and location

A checklist to match fronds

Match fronds against life-size silhouettes

Cultivation and planting advice

Uses for ferns such as insecticides, food, medicine and perfume

Which Native Fern? is a companion book to Which Native Tree? and Which Native Forest Plant?. The three titles have been designed to provide a complete picture of the common native trees, ferns and other plants which are found in the New Zealand bush.