Psilotaceae
Fork Ferns
Club Mosses
Fork Ferns
Horsetails
Quillworts
Spike Mosses
True Ferns
Description:
Fork fern sporophytes lack true roots, but have creeping subterranean rhizomes. They also lack true leaves but have a green photosynthetic stem containing vascular tissue xylem and phloem with scale-like leaves that lack vascular tissue.

Psilotaceae are represented in New Zealand by two genera, Psilotum (1 of) and Tmesipteris (4 of). Tmesipteris normally grow, as epiphytes on tree ferns, but are occasionally terrestrial, while Psilotum prefers warm ground and is common in thermal areas.
Psilotum
Psilotum nudum
Tmesipteris
Tmesipteris lanceolata Tmesipteris elongata
Tmesipteris lanceolata Tmesipteris lanceolata
Tmesipteris sigmatifolia Tmesipteris sigmatifolia
Tmesipteris tannensis Tmesipteris tannensis
 
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