Leather Fern. Shingle Creek Basin.
by Chris Kusik
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Leather Fern. Shingle Creek Basin.
Artist
Chris Kusik
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Photograph - Medium Format Film
Description
I first discovered these ferns while exploring the forest in the Shingle Creek Basin. They tend to grow on the edges of marshes and swamps.Leather ferns grow up to thirteen feet tall. On my most recent visit to the area, the ferns seem to be thriving, as there are many more than I have seen in the past. The forest in the Shingle Creek Basin consists mainly bald cypress trees, bromeliads, airplants and several species of ferns. The forest floor consists of thick, firm, black mud, probably formed from decomposing plant material layered over decades of time. The basin is basically a well drained swamp, as I rarely encounter standing water, but the mud remains soft all through the year. Tiny tributaries wind through the forest and feed Shingle Creek throughout most of the year. The creek forms the headwaters to the Florida Everglades.
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July 29th, 2012
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