#2853 - Lepisorus thunbergianus - Weeping Fern
@purrdence headed off to Japan pretty much immeadiately after getting back from New Zealand, and happily had the time to photograph some of the species she saw.
Such as this fern, growing on treetrunks in the Peace Park in Hiroshima, a small distance from Ground Zero. I should not have to point out that the trees are less than 80 years old.
AKA Pleopeltis thunbergianus, elongata, linearis, and nuda, Lepisorus calcifer, linearis, pygmaeus, and simulans, and Polypodium atropunctatum, lineare, nudum and thunbergianum. Hawaiian names include 'akolea, 'ekaha, pakahakaha, and pua'akuhinia.
Lepisorus thunbergianus is a frequently epiphytic fern growing in the temperate zone from northern Pakistan to Hawaii.
Hiroshima, Japan.
