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Ferns

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Small Ferns growing from the dried moss on the bark of an Oak Tree hanging over a small river. Epiphyte upon epiphyte.

Habitat:

Rio Fogata, a few kilometers north of San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.

Notes:

Big fleas have little fleas
Upon their backs to bite them.
Little fleas have littler fleas
And so on, ad infinitum…..

(Jonathan Swift and Augustus De Morgan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_infinitum‎

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