Image of pendant kihifern

Description:

Note some of the key characteristics of this specieis: hairy blade margins, upper lobe margins perpendicular to the midrib, lobes which rotate like louvers out of the plane of the pendent fronds. This has become a very rare and endangered fern in a genus endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. In my limited perspective, I would venture that this species is on the brink of extinction. Elevation of this photo around 2305ft/703m.