The only good Schefflera is a dead Schefflera, as pictured above due to the herbicide handiwork last year of Diane LaRue (Class of 2012), Jean 'JJ' Romano (Class of 2013), and Susan Warmer (Class of 2006). Note that the tire…
Tag: Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Cabbage palm cohort
Cabbage palm fern (Phelbodium aureum) usually is found growing epiphytically on cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto), as pictured above at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Its deeply pinnatifid leaf blades can grown to be from 1 to 3 feet long. Sometimes,…
Strings of fern ?
Shoestring fern (Vittaria lineata) is another epiphyte that grows at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. This primitive fern with stringy foliage is found almost exclusively growing in association with "boots" -- old leafstems -- of cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) in…
‘Tween tank & atmospheric epiphyte
Southern needleleaf (Tillandsia setacea) is an epiphyte that lacks a "tank" as shown on the red wild pine (Tillandsia fasciculata) in the upper left but has more structure than atmospheric epiphytes like Spanish moss and ball moss. Its knitting needle like…
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