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Birds Nest Fern

asplenium nidus

Photo by kais1
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Field Notes

Description:

The leaf shape was oblong and it's length at longest point is 3 and a half feet. It's 1 foot in width and it does not have flowers and fruits. Its leaf margins are undulate and its venation is netted pinnate and its leaf arrangement is whorled. Its leaf texture is leathery waxy and its root system is prop and silt.

Habitat:

It was fund in a secondary rain forest on a sunny day in a partially shaded area.

Notes:

The plant is about 5 feet tall.
The first photo is of the roots.

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Comments (1)

This is an interesting picture. At first, I couldn't figure out what I was looking at! Thanks for clearing it up using your description!
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PublishedMarch 1, 2013

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