Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Microlepia strigosa
Collector Name:
Adam M. Williams
Collection Date:
August 4, 2023
Observers:
Scott M. Heintzman, Kenneth R. Wood
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Hanalei District
Locality:
North Fork of the Wainiha River headwaters, Kauai
Plant Category:
pteridophyte
Plant Description:
Patch of terrestrial ferns in shaded understory, about 30 ft. above stream on a gentle slope with tree roots, leaf litter, and moss. Stipes of mature fronds are dark, almost black, fronds are medium green top and bottom, slightly hairy, especially abaxially where lighter, raised veins are visible. On the fertile fronds only a single sub-marginal sorus present on each pinnule, near acroscopic sinus of lobes.
Habitat:
Just above perennial stream in Ohia (Metrosideros) Lowland Wet Forest
Associated Species:
Sadleria spp, Miconia crenata, Antidesma platyphyllum, Hydrangea arguta, Wikstroemia oahuensis var. oahuensis, Hedychium gardnerianum, Diplazium sandwichianum, Cyanea recta, Adenophorus periens, Psychotria sp., Perottetia sandwicensis, Cheirodendron forbesii, Polyscias oahuensis, Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Nephrolepis cordata
Date of Record Creation:
August 23, 2023
Date of Last Update:
April 11, 2024
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