An old hawthorn, absolutely dripping with epiphytic lungwort and other lichens, polypody, mosses.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
August 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
An old hawthorn, absolutely dripping with epiphytic lungwort and other lichens, polypody, mosses.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
Nothing symbolises an Irish rainforest better than epiphytic polypody fern. 🌍
January 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Nothing symbolises an Irish rainforest better than epiphytic polypody fern. 🌍
Polypody ferns. December 2025
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January 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Polypody ferns. December 2025
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September 21, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Nothing screams 'Temperate rainforest!' quite like epiphytic polypody fern on a wet day.
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December 2, 2023 at 6:35 AM
Nothing screams 'Temperate rainforest!' quite like epiphytic polypody fern on a wet day.
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The rhizome (root, essentially) of epiphytic polypody fern on old hazel in the woods.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The rhizome (root, essentially) of epiphytic polypody fern on old hazel in the woods.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
November 18, 2024 at 10:55 AM
February 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A whole world in less than a foot of branch: mealy pixie cup lichens, mosses, and polypody fern.
*This* is rainforest.
*This* is rainforest.
December 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A whole world in less than a foot of branch: mealy pixie cup lichens, mosses, and polypody fern.
*This* is rainforest.
*This* is rainforest.
Massive boulders in the woods, their top surfaces almost entirely covered in polypody fern.
This is temperate rainforest. 🌎
This is temperate rainforest. 🌎
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Massive boulders in the woods, their top surfaces almost entirely covered in polypody fern.
This is temperate rainforest. 🌎
This is temperate rainforest. 🌎
“The sheer abundance of epiphytic polypody fern on this oak in the woods.
This is rainforest.”
by @irishrainforest.bsky.social
This is rainforest.”
by @irishrainforest.bsky.social
April 8, 2024 at 10:38 AM
“The sheer abundance of epiphytic polypody fern on this oak in the woods.
This is rainforest.”
by @irishrainforest.bsky.social
This is rainforest.”
by @irishrainforest.bsky.social
The sheer abundance of epiphytic polypody fern on this oak in the woods.
This is rainforest.
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This is rainforest.
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April 8, 2024 at 2:29 PM
The sheer abundance of epiphytic polypody fern on this oak in the woods.
This is rainforest.
🌍
This is rainforest.
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Luxuriant growth of ferns - Hart's Tongue, Black Spleenwort, Polypody - associated with a leaky drainpipe on Tonbridge High Street
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Luxuriant growth of ferns - Hart's Tongue, Black Spleenwort, Polypody - associated with a leaky drainpipe on Tonbridge High Street
It is rare to find this abundance of Polypody on a Pedunculate Oak in Sussex. Clapham Woods. Dip-slops South Downs ancient woodland, on chalk (Tarrant Chalk) near Worthing. A rare form of ancient woodland. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #southdowns #ancientwoodland #polypody
February 23, 2026 at 8:06 PM
It is rare to find this abundance of Polypody on a Pedunculate Oak in Sussex. Clapham Woods. Dip-slops South Downs ancient woodland, on chalk (Tarrant Chalk) near Worthing. A rare form of ancient woodland. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #southdowns #ancientwoodland #polypody
Rock Polypody fern
September 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rock Polypody fern
Polypodium saximontanum, our native Rocky Mountain Polypody, thriving this morning on a Boulder Canyon cliffside 🌿
August 28, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Polypodium saximontanum, our native Rocky Mountain Polypody, thriving this morning on a Boulder Canyon cliffside 🌿
Mosses aside, there are at least 4 different species of epiphytic plants on less than metre of this birch tree.
From top down:
1. Polypody fern
2. Broad buckler fern
3. Wood sorrel
4. Hay-scented buckler fern
This is rainforest.
From top down:
1. Polypody fern
2. Broad buckler fern
3. Wood sorrel
4. Hay-scented buckler fern
This is rainforest.
December 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Mosses aside, there are at least 4 different species of epiphytic plants on less than metre of this birch tree.
From top down:
1. Polypody fern
2. Broad buckler fern
3. Wood sorrel
4. Hay-scented buckler fern
This is rainforest.
From top down:
1. Polypody fern
2. Broad buckler fern
3. Wood sorrel
4. Hay-scented buckler fern
This is rainforest.
Wrapped around an oak in the woods, a Gordian knot of ivy stems, in turn carpeted in mosses + polypody fern.
This is an Irish rainforest. 🌎
This is an Irish rainforest. 🌎
July 1, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Wrapped around an oak in the woods, a Gordian knot of ivy stems, in turn carpeted in mosses + polypody fern.
This is an Irish rainforest. 🌎
This is an Irish rainforest. 🌎
Polypody (Updated for DT). #CalconCreates
November 6, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Polypody (Updated for DT). #CalconCreates
Lovely Polypody fern and Slender Mouse-tail Moss on an old beech tree.
November 12, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Lovely Polypody fern and Slender Mouse-tail Moss on an old beech tree.
Up on the mountain, a pocket of diverse flora: holly, ivy, hard fern, polypody, buckler fern, St Patrick's cabbage, etc.
What explains this anomaly, in such contrast to the surrounding ecological desert?
Very simple: it's out of the reach of sheep 🐑
What explains this anomaly, in such contrast to the surrounding ecological desert?
Very simple: it's out of the reach of sheep 🐑
January 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Up on the mountain, a pocket of diverse flora: holly, ivy, hard fern, polypody, buckler fern, St Patrick's cabbage, etc.
What explains this anomaly, in such contrast to the surrounding ecological desert?
Very simple: it's out of the reach of sheep 🐑
What explains this anomaly, in such contrast to the surrounding ecological desert?
Very simple: it's out of the reach of sheep 🐑
Old rainforest trees like this oak, covered in ivy, epiphytic polypody fern, navelwort + mosses, and with an abundance of nooks and crannies, are virtual ecosystems in their own right.
There are far too few left: release them from artificial grazing pressure, and that would change.
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There are far too few left: release them from artificial grazing pressure, and that would change.
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December 26, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Old rainforest trees like this oak, covered in ivy, epiphytic polypody fern, navelwort + mosses, and with an abundance of nooks and crannies, are virtual ecosystems in their own right.
There are far too few left: release them from artificial grazing pressure, and that would change.
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There are far too few left: release them from artificial grazing pressure, and that would change.
🌎
This common Polypody fern is one of many plants and organisms on this 10 year old oak branch🌱
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This common Polypody fern is one of many plants and organisms on this 10 year old oak branch🌱