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Resurrection Fern

Pleopeltis polypodioides

Description:

The first photo shows shriveled "dead" ferns below "live" green fern fronds. This epiphyte turns brown and shrivels up, looking dead, until the rain comes, when it resurrects itself.

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Heather R
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Heather R

Florida, USA

Spotted on May 22, 2016
Submitted on May 22, 2016

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