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BIRDS NEST FERN [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Fern native to the rain forests of Asia, Africa and Australia of the family Polypodiaceae. Pale to dark green long leaves, undivided, quite different from other ferns. The leaves are shiny.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Fougère originaire des forêts tropicales humides d'Asie, d'Afrique et d'Australie. Très différente des autres fougères qui ont des frondes échancrées, celle-ci a des frondes qui sont comme des longues feuilles vert brillant avec une nervure centrale sombre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

This has machete-shaped leaves, often with wavy margins, arranged in circles around a central core of stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Cette plante est l'une des plus curieuses et des plus jolies Fougères d'appartement avec ses magnifiques frondes vert franc, brillantes [...]

Spanish

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