Search for a year in the mountains to find the "resurrection grass"
Two experts from Zhongshan Botanical Garden found 75 species of ferns in Zijin Mountain with magnifying glasses.
Carrying magnifying glasses, setting out early every day and returning late, not missing any ditch... For a whole year, Sun Qimeng and Liu Xianjian from Nanjing Zhongshan Botanical Garden thoroughly searched Zijin Mountain and found 75 species of ferns. Although the Chinese water fern familiar to people in Nanjing is still nowhere to be seen, an accidental slide down the hillside led to the first recorded sighting of common bird's-nest fern, which thrilled the two experts. In addition, Ophioglossoid fern, Aspidotis negishiensis, and Adiantum reniforme var. glandulosum were newly discovered in the Zijin Mountain area.