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Vittaria appalachiana

Vittaria appalachiana Farrar & Mickel

Appalachian Shoestring Fern

Vittariaceae (Shoestring Fern Family)

USDA Symbol: VIAP2

Vittaria appalachiana (Appalachian shoestring fern) #64364

Image Information

Photographer: Cressler, Alan
County: Edmonson
State: KY
Location Notes: Mammoth Cave National Park. Robbins Branch Shelter.
Accession date: 2018-11-20
Filename: A_C_IMG6440.JPG
Slide Index: 3276104468_5407fd631f_o.jpg
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Collection: Wildflower Center Digital Library
Original Format: Digital
Orientation: Landscape
Shot: Plants in situ. Photographer's note: "Although it does not look like a fern, this is the Appalachian shoestring fern. It only exists in the gametophyte stage and reproduces asexually with multi-cell gemmae. This plant lives in dark recesses in non-carbonate rock shelters."
Date Taken: 2009-02-07
NPIN Image Id: 64364

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This image has been verified.
By: Joseph A. Marcus
Date: 2018-11-20

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