1. Common Name: Nephrolepis brownii
Scientific Name: Nephrolepis brownii
Clade: Vascular seedless Fern
Date Collected: 4.21.2011
Location Collected: UC Berkeley Campus Botanical Garden
Habitat: Lives in Terrestrial habitats, but can’t live at high elevations
Nativity: Not native to California, typically lives in Hong Kong and even some wet parts of Africa
Special Notes: Nephrolepis brownii has become a invasive species to California. The midvein of the pinnae on upper side of the plant is very hairy, and like most seedless vascular plants it uses pollen to carry sperm in order to reproduce.
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