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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Wendy Cutler, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Deborah Metters, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Russell Cumming, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, all rights reserved

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Nicholas Turland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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basket fern

Drynaria rigidula

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Drynaria rigidula is a species of tropical fern in genus Drynaria widely distributed throughout Southeast Asia, from Southwest China to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. Growing as an epiphyte or lithophyte, its green fronds are up to 1.22 metres (4 ft 0 in) in length. This fern develops two types of fronds, some of which near the base of the plant are shorter, sterile, and rust-colored which form a basket-like shape that trap moisture and organic...

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