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Description:
Ophioglossum polyphyllum is a tiny desert fern. In Israel it is endangered, known from only 2 site. It grows in extreme desert and sprouts only in rainy years. We were lucky this year to see it for a month or so. Here u can see the spore stalk just after dispercal.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (ferns)
- Polypodiopsida
- Ophioglossales
- Ophioglossaceae (adder's-tongue family)
- Ophioglossum (adderstongue)
- Ophioglossum polyphyllum (tropical adderstongue)
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- Ori Fragman-Sapir
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- partner site
- Ori Fragman's TrekNature gallery
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