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Photographer: Cressler, Alan
County: Macon State: NC Location Notes: Dry Falls. Cullasaja River. Nantahala National Forest. Accession date: 2014-09-04 Filename: A_C_IMG1021.JPG Slide Index: 8177977295_3f6f273e43_o.jpg Restrictions: Unrestricted Collection: Wildflower Center Digital Library
Original Format: Digital Orientation: Landscape Shot: Close-up of a plant. Photographer's note: "This very small West Indian dwarf polypody fern may be the rarest fern in North America, at least in the sporophyte stage. I looked for the fern for years at its only known location in North America without finding it. Finally in 2001 I found a single plant and photographed it. I can't find it every year. The last time I photographed it was in 2009. The plant looked better then. I assume it is a very old plant. Last night I visited the site after dark and spent an hour with a bright light searching for more plants. I like searching at night so I'm not ask a hundred times what I am looking for. After an exhaustive search, I can still only find one plant. " Date Taken: 2012-11-11 NPIN Image Id: 41471
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By: Joseph A. Marcus Date: 2014-09-04
