Asplenium scolopendropsis F.Müll.

PLANTS OF THE CAROLINE ISLANDS
Asphnium scolopendropsis F. Muell.
ASPLEN1ACEAE
CAROLINE ISLANDS
BISH, NY, US, US
KOSRAE. Tafunsak Municipality, Yela River valley, lower southern part just
above mangrove zone on slopes and difFarea; non-inundated evergreen wet
forest with canopy of Horsfeldia nunu, Elaeocarpus carolinensis, emergent
Reus prolixa, mid-stratum of Dendrocnide, Reus tincteoria, Polyscias, Maesa,
Eugenia, and Routoeria, ground flora mainly fisms.
Fern, juvenile form creeping on mossy rocks, with bipinnatifid fronds; adult
form climbing trees, with simple fronds, some fertile. Common hemiepiphyte
in shady forest.
Lat/Long: 5° 19' 30“ N 162° 58 0 W
Elev: 7-98 ft = 2-30 m
David H. Lorence 9424
Tim Rynn, M. Luckymis, B. Charley, M. Ralik, J.
Cooper
02 FEB 2005
NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (PTBG)
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