Asplenium oblongifolium or Shining Spleenwort is endemic to the Kermadec, Three Kings, North, South, and Chatham Islands. In the South Island known from the Marlborough sounds south to Hokitika and Banks Peninsula. It is found in coastal to montane regions (but mostly found within coastal and lowland areas). It can occupy a diverse range of habitats from coastal cliffs and rock stacks to deep forest where it may be an epiphyte or grow on the ground. It is easily grown although often rather slow to establish. An attractive and popular plant widely used for mass plantings in shaded sites. It is an excellent pot plant. Be vigilant for scale and mealy bug infestations which are a bane to the cultivation of all New Zealand asplenia.