Dryopteris unidentata var. unidentata


Family: Aspidiacea

1. Pohnpeian name: PeiPei Eni

2. Chuukese name: ?

3. Kosraen name: Ahng

4. Yapese name: ?

Location collected: Daini Street

Date collected: 01 December 1998

Description: Ferns do not have flowers or fruits. They use SPORES to reproduce. Not all ferns have spores. This fern does not have a spore. It was found growing out from its rhizome. It's leaves can grow up to more than a 12 inches long or more. The frond may extend to several feet long.

Habit: Terrestrial

Frond arrangement: clustered

Frond design: divided

Collected by: Bradley Phillip

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