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Birds Nest Fern

Asplenium nidus

Photo by charlesl1
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Description:

This is a birds nest fern. It is really big and they are found up in trees or on the ground. There are a lot of them on trees around Singapore. The leaves can grow up to 3 ft in length. It looks like a nest, that is why it got that name. And it takes and captures all the leaves that fall down the tree. After time the leaves
decompose. It does not need any soil to live and grow.

Habitat:

They are found in Asia, mostly tropical parts of Asia.

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PublishedMarch 21, 2013

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