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Golden Leather Fern

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Acrostichum aureum, the golden leather fern, is a large species of fern that grows in mangrove swamps and other wet locations. Other common names include swamp fern and mangrove fern.

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Mangrove ferns quietly sustain soil organic matter beneath the canopy

Coastal mangrove forests you might walk through or kayak past depend on more than their iconic pr...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Acrostichum aureum
Kingdom: Plantae
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Habit: herb

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Co-Mentioned Species

Mangrove
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