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Boston Swordfern

Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott

habitat

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terrestrial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446

Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.

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leaf arrangement

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close/approximate
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/close

Definition: borne close together, but not fused

Attribution: https://biolwww.usask.ca/rareplants_sk/root/htm/en/researcher/5_gloss.php#R

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leaf complexity

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pinnate
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25501895

Definition: type of compound leaf, where leaflets arise at multiple points along a common axis

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leaf venation structure

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parallel/free (leaf veins)
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/freevein

Definition: veins run parallel and equidistant to each other for most of the length of the leaf; they may converge or fuse (anastomose) towards the apex

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf#Veins

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plant growth form

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herb
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142

Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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reproduction

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alternation of generations
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/alternatingReproduction

Definition: Organisms with a life cycle that features alternation of generations with sexual and asexual reproduction.

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spore arrangement

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monolete
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/monolete

Definition: spores bearing a single linear scar, indicating that they were arranged in a tetragonal spore tetrad

Attribution: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/spore.html

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