Name: Charll Dezon A.

Aba Date: February 27, 2023

Section: BIO202

Butterfly Fern (Asplenium Harpeodes )

Characteristics Description Documentation
Spores

Linear form, multiple rows, goes

upward to the margin, sori are
Arrangement
found on the veins attach of the
blade

Other Information

Spreading Plant and

Habits
Rhizomatous

Epiphytes/Epiptetric/Shaded
Habitat
Damp Forest /Tropical Zones
 It has a presence of furled young
Fiddle Head
ferns of a frond

Longevity Evergreen

Presence of Petiole No (Sessile)

Presence of Stipule No(Exstipulate)

Presence of Stipel No(Exstipellate)

Leaf

Colour Dark Green/Basil Colour

Parallel vein are radial to the

Venation
midrib/Pinnate

Apex Obtuse

Base Truncate
Margin Serrate

Shape Oblong

Composition Odd Simple Pinnate

Phyllotaxy Alternate

Texture Chartaceous

Surface Feature Scabrous

Stipe

Surface Feature Glabrous

Average Length 16.94 cm

Root

Hair (Surface Feature) Sericeous

Rhizome Tufted, with roots and stolon’s

 Fishtail Sword Fern (Drynaria quercifolium)
Characteristics Description Documentation
Spores

Circular shape, Column

appearance, sori are found on
Arrangement underside of the edge part of
the margin that contours a
linear.

Other Information

Creeping Plant, herb, and

Habit
Rhizomatous

Terrestrial/Epiphytic
fern/Swampy
Habitat ground/Permanently moist
conditions/ coastal swamp or
dune forest

It has a presence of furled

Fiddle Head
young ferns of a frond
Longevity Evergreen

Presence of Petiole No (Sessile)

Presence of Stipule No (Exstipulate)

Presence of Stipel No (Exstipellate)

Leaf
Colour Light Green

Venation Parallel Veins

Apex Aristate

Base Truncate
Margin Serrate

Shape Falcate/Fishtail

Composition Even Simple Pinnate

Phyllotaxy Alternate

Texture Chartaceous
Surface Feature Glabrous

Stipe

Surface Feature Villous

Average Length 14.40 cm

Root
Hair (Surface Feature) Uncinate

Rhizome Short creeping