Glenda Mendieta-Leiva

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Research fellow Uni Marburg. Epiphyte ecologist, leading the Epiphyte Inventory Network: using epiphytes to understand Neotropical diversity, check us out at https://www.epigdatabase.org/ 馃尶 Botanist 馃| Latina 馃挏| Firstgen 馃帗 | PhD | LAC 馃寧

Young 馃尡 individual of a palm tree (Trachycarpus fortunei) growing inside the knothole of the main branch from a Platanus sp. tree. It shows three leaves and it was growing at about 5.6 meters high (of the tree).
Front entrance of the "Jard铆n Bot谩nico Atl谩ntico" de Gij贸n, below, an group of students observing the organization of the botanical garden (looking into a map).
Cellphone screenshot of an iNaturalist entry in the project accidental epiphytes. The photo shows a southern polypodium (cf Polypodium cambricum) growing on mossess covering the bark of a Magnolia tree. The individuals are distributed along the trunk from 3 to 6 meters high. The photo shows adult and young individuals, and the tree was found in an urban park near the coast of Gij贸n, Asturias.
Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemill茅n, Per煤