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Photo by FlorianMeier
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Field Notes

Description:

Treefern "Forest" on Elit Mt. West-Papua/Irian Jaya.

Habitat:

Swamp on top of the mountain at about 3800 - 3950 m altitude

Notes:

Sorry no Sori. Somehow I totally missed to make a photo of the sori to make identification easier. Think it´s a Dicksonia sp.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
FlorianMeier
I´d love to come back for a next adventure...but at the moment too busy with work and not long enough holiday
Scott Frazier
I was wondering if you were in my neighborhood ;-)
FlorianMeier
oh sorry, i forgot to set the date - of course not today....no wifi there :D it was january 2009

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 25, 2013

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