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beneath the spanish moss with janson jones
Category: Polypodiales
Spring Break 2023: Pleopeltis michauxiana
Pleopeltis michauxiana, the Resurrection fern; Collier county, Florida (12 March 2023). Spring Break 2023 A clear sign of the need-for-rain: A dried up Resurrection fern waiting to earn its namesake. This seemingly dead fern will quickly turn green and “reanimate” as soon as a… Continue Reading “Spring Break 2023: Pleopeltis michauxiana”
Spring Break 2023: Campyloneurum phyllitidis
Campyloneurum phyllitidis, the Long strap fern; Collier county, Florida (12 March 2023). Spring Break 2023 I find the Long strap fern to be fairly iconic of the South Florida interior. An epiphytic plant, this species tends to grow upon other, larger plants (such as… Continue Reading “Spring Break 2023: Campyloneurum phyllitidis”
Spring Break 2023: Osmunda spectabilis
Osmunda spectabilis, the American royal fern; Lake county, Florida (11 March 2023). Spring Break 2023 Though I’m mostly ignorant of their evolutionary biology, I’m fascinated by ferns when I stop to look at them more closely. Fern-like growth dates back to around 390 million… Continue Reading “Spring Break 2023: Osmunda spectabilis”
Spring Break 2023: Cyclosorus interruptus
Cyclosorus interruptus, the Swamp shield-fern; Lake county, Florida (11 March 2023). Spring Break 2023 My next short-stop was the edge of Seminole State Forest in Lake county, more specifically the Blackwater Creek region near State Road 44. I’ve always liked this little corner of… Continue Reading “Spring Break 2023: Cyclosorus interruptus”
Pleopeltis michauxiana, 22 January 2023
Pleopeltis michauxiana, the Resurrection fern; Flagler county, Florida (22 January 2023). With a recent bout of (somewhat chilly) rain just behind us, our local Resurrection ferns are alive and kicking right now. This epiphytic fern can thin out, turn brown, and appear somewhat dead… Continue Reading “Pleopeltis michauxiana, 22 January 2023”
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