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Unidentified fern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern
Growing on the stump of a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) in a large semi-urban yard and garden bordered on one side by a disturbed patch of remnant forest.
The sori (sing. sorus), clusters of sporangia (structures producing and containing spores), are clearly visible on the fern frond. (See http://www2.puc.edu/Faculty/Gilbert_Muth... ) This fern is anchored to the stump with the same type of rooting structure as depicted in this spotting of another fern that shares the same stump http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/790... See the 3rd photo.
Spotted on Oct 31, 2011
Submitted on Nov 27, 2011
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it looks like the golden polypody but Wikipedia says that's only found in Florida.