Tectaria fauriei
Tectariaceae
- Range
- Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu-jima, Okinawa Island, Taiwan, China, Indochina, Malay Peninsula, Bhutan, and India
In the diorama, it takes root on a limestone boulder.
This fern is a southern species, with Tokunoshima as its northern limit. It thrives in damp environments of limestone areas. While it resembles its relative, T. decurrens, its most distinctive feature is the emergence of new leaf buds along the mid-section of its leaves, which inspired its Japanese name, meaning "child-bearing.
Habitat of This Animal:
A:Forest along the valley - A1:Accessible forest
While there are also high mountains in Tokunoshima Island, there are also plateaus formed by raised coral reefs surrounding such mountains. These plateaus, with base rock made of Ryukyu limestone, formed a complicated terrain as a result of erosion. Forests growing on such plateau are made of plants preferring limestone soil, and this is one of the important factors characterizing the nature of Tokunoshima Island.
This A1:Accessible forest