Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Asplenium nidus forms large simple fronds visually similar to banana leaves, with the fronds growing to 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) long and 10–20 centimetres (3.9–7.9 in) broad, with occasional individuals up to 6.6 feet (two meters) in length by up to two feet (61 centimeters) width [9] They are light green, often crinkled, with a black midrib, and exhibit circinate vernation.
Linnaeus was the first to describe American bird's-nest fern with ... USDA Plants Profile for Asplenium serratum (wild birdnest fern) Miami.edu: Asplenium serratum photos
The nest is woven of plant fibers, primarily bark and fine grass fiber, though animal hair is also commonly used. The nest is lined with down, hair, and moss. Both males and females rear the young and defend the nest from predators and nest parasites.
Amongst birds, 5% of all birds use mud and stones in their nest for toughness and compressive strength. [17] Males in some species of crab will construct structures out of mud to attract mates and avoid predators. [23] Uca musica, also known as fiddler crabs, will build short, wide “hoods” out of sand.
Asplenium antiquum is a fern of the family Aspleniaceae, commonly known as bird's-nest ferns (also called spleenworts). In Japanese , it is known by ō-tani-watari and tani-watari . [ 1 ] It grows on cliffs, logs and rocks, near waterfalls, in damp forests, and on tree trunks in China , Japan , Korea , and Taiwan . [ 2 ]
Bird's-nest fern is a common name applied to several related species of epiphytic ferns in the genus Asplenium. They grow in a tight, nest-like clump with a lingulate leaf rosette. They grow in a tight, nest-like clump with a lingulate leaf rosette.
Asplenium australasicum grows as shrubby plant, with a rosette of yellow-green fronds which are 60 to 80 cm (24–32 in) long and 3 to 21 cm (1.2–8.4 in) wide. [10] It can be distinguished from A. nidus by its prominent midrib under its fronds, giving the fronds a keeled appearance. [3]
Deep cup nest of the great reed-warbler. A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a specific structure made by the bird itself—such as the grassy cup nest of the American robin or Eurasian blackbird, or the elaborately woven hanging nest of the Montezuma oropendola or the village weaver—that is too ...