Thursday, May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020

Location: Maritime Hammock Sanctuary, Melbourne Beach

This is known as Resurrection Fern
It is a non-flowering perennial
It can grow to be about 8 inches high
It's an epiphyte with roots that are aerial.

Sources: North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Tool Box - Pleopeltis polypodioides

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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