Like many other “eublechnum”, Blechnum occidentale reproduces asexually via underground stolons.
Collection Data (M. Sundue 3399)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Blechnaceae
- Genus: Blechnum L.
- Species: Blechnum occidentale L.
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 15-Jan-2013
- Primary Collector & #: M. Sundue 3399
- Collection Party: M. Sundue with the OTS Tropical Fern and Lycophyte Course
- Det. History: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Tropical rainforest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: VT
Additional Comments
Collection Location
- Location: Las Cruces Biological Field Station – – – Puntarenas – Costa Rica.
- Coordinates: 8° 47' 7'' N, 82° 57' 32'' W
- Elevation: ca. 1200 m
