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Leather Fern

Acrostichum danaeifolium

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Field Notes

Description:

Photo take in a mangrove area near the coast common named as leather fern is a water plant that it can deal whit salty-fresh water grows vigorously in full sun, it has been collected in virtually every county it has a intense color green.

Habitat:

Found in swamps and mangrove areas and sinkholes common and widely distributed in America from Florida, Central America to South America,

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Thanks for the introduction to a fascinating fern genus Gerado!
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2012

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