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Nerve Plant

Fittonia sp.

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

low growing plant, pink veins

Habitat:

rainforest floor

Notes:

I spotted this in the Amazon a few hours from Manuas. It was hard to spot on the forest floor but a nice change from the greens and browns you usually see in the rainforest. Pretty sure it's a Fittonia.

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PublishedJune 2, 2011

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