Coral Fern (Gleichenia dicarpa)
A mass of the Coral Fern (Gleichenia dicarpa) growing beside the Pacific Ocean.
An unsuccessful attempt to find the Headland Spleenwort (Asplenium difforme). Conditions seemed near perfect for this plant. A headland cliff beside the sea, south facing and relatively moist. Perhaps the site was too small for the rare spleenwort.
Plenty of other fern species growing beside the sea at Newport Beach. Prominent here was the weed fern Cyrtomium falcatum. Perhaps this plant has taken over the habitat of the headland spleenwort.
The rock is the Bald Hill Claystone, from the triassic. Either that or it's the Garie Formation.
This photo looks out of focus. Maybe it is, or perhaps it's some kind of illusion.
At head height was a mass of insects under a rock ledge. Many thousands of them swarmed when I approached. I couldn't get too close as my head was surrounded by a huge swarm. I've asked the local entomologists for assistance with identification. No helpful response from the entomologists. I'm guesssing Canacidae.
Coral Fern (Gleichenia dicarpa)
A mass of the Coral Fern (Gleichenia dicarpa) growing beside the Pacific Ocean.
An unsuccessful attempt to find the Headland Spleenwort (Asplenium difforme). Conditions seemed near perfect for this plant. A headland cliff beside the sea, south facing and relatively moist. Perhaps the site was too small for the rare spleenwort.
Plenty of other fern species growing beside the sea at Newport Beach. Prominent here was the weed fern Cyrtomium falcatum. Perhaps this plant has taken over the habitat of the headland spleenwort.
The rock is the Bald Hill Claystone, from the triassic. Either that or it's the Garie Formation.
This photo looks out of focus. Maybe it is, or perhaps it's some kind of illusion.
At head height was a mass of insects under a rock ledge. Many thousands of them swarmed when I approached. I couldn't get too close as my head was surrounded by a huge swarm. I've asked the local entomologists for assistance with identification. No helpful response from the entomologists. I'm guesssing Canacidae.