Psilotum nudum is an epiphyte that sometimes grows as a terrestial plant in rocky crevices in sandy soils. It is considered a fern ally because it is a spore-producing vascular plant. Whisk fern is native to swamplands and dry rocky cliffs from North Carolina to Oklahoma to the tropics.
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Psilotum nudum is a fern-like plant. Like the other species in the order Psilotales, it lacks roots, but evolved from a fern ancestor and lost the roots subsequently. It is found in tropical Asia, ...
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P. nudum, commonly known as Skeleton Fork Fern, grows 2 feet high with a spread of 18 inches. If terrestrial, this Fern's growth is branched and erect; if epiphytic, its growth will be pendulous. The tiny, triangular leaves grow on triangular, branching stems.
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Images and information for Psilotum nudum - Moa. ... ; Psilotum nudum; Habit on coconut trunk at Kahului Airport, Maui ; September 22, 2006 ; 060922-9144 ... ; Psilotum nudum; Habit at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui ; October 24, 2007 ; 071024-0004...
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Psilotum ( whisk fern ) is a genus of fern-like vascular plants, one of two genera in the family Psilotaceae , order Psilotales , and class Psilotopsida (the other being Tmesipteris ). Th...
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A PLANTS profile of Psilotum nudum (whisk fern) from the USDA PLANTS database ... Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv. whisk fern; ... Related Taxa: Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.
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Georgia County Level Distribution for Psilotum nudum (whisk fern) from the USDA PLANTS database ... Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv. - whisk fern; PSNU in the state of Georgia...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison ... Psilotum nudum- Whisk Fern (Psilotaceae ... Recent molecular evidence suggests, however, that Psilotum is not as primitive as most people believed and is related to ferns.
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Psilotum nudum var. normale ... BASIONYM: Psilotum nudum (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois 1805; Lycopodium nudum Linnaeus 1753. ... Species Psilotum nudum (L.)P.Beauv. - WHISK-FERN...
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Meet Psilotum nudum from Australia. 400 million years has passed since the first terrestrial vascular plants evolved and this species hasn't changed. ... Meet Psilotum nudum from Australia. 400 million years has passed since the first terrestrial vascular plants evolved, yet this modern-day wonder appears to show...
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