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Miscallaneous fern photo gallery

Page 4

Pages 4 - 6 of the photo gallery are pictures of treeferns taken by Martin Gibbons, owner of The Palm Centre in England, and Tobias W. Spanner, of Palme Per Paket.  Most of them are unidentified species.  All photos on page 4 - 6 of the photo gallery Copyright, © 1998 M. Gibbons and T. W. Spanner.

Treeferns in Mexico.
 


An unidentified Cyathea sp. a few km north of Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Another shot of the above treefern.

Close-up of the upper trunk and sori of the above treefern.

This Cyathea sp. in Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico was originally thought to be a Cibotium because it is very wooly.

A closer picture of the crown, stipe and sori of the above fern.

An attractive Cyathea sp. along Rt. 195, north of Tapilula, Chiapas, Mexico.

A closer shot of the trunk, crown and sori of the above fern.

Cyathea sp. north of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, at about 4900' a.s.l.  This very spiny species has a thick trunk and thick flaky scales.

Crown and sori detail of the above fern.

A moderately spiny Cyathea sp. with reddish brown scales north of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico at 4900' a.s.l.

Close-up of the crown and sori.

A Cyathea sp. north of Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Another picture of this huge treefern.

An interesting Cyathea sp. found in wet forest northeast of Oaxaca on the road to Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico; with slightly undulating fronds.

A low elevation Cyathea sp. north of Stgo. Choapan, Oaxaca, Mexico.

A curious small treefern with a short, fibrous trunk, northest of Oaxaca on the road to Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Close-up of the crown and underside of a frond of the above fern.  The frond shape suggests Dicksonia.

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