Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Southeast Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Status

Uncommon

About

This fern grows in the humid forests and rocky crevices of tropical Asia. It produces thousands of microscopic spores that travel on the wind to sprout in new soil.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Nephrolepidaceae

Genus

Nephrolepis

Species

Nephrolepis brownii