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Forest on a tree by Antonio Fernandez, Spain. Highly commended, Plants and Fungi. “The arms of immense trees stretched eerily into the mist permeating Madeira’s Fanal Forest. Among them was this low tilo branch with ferns growing all along it, “like a forest within a forest”. The hare’s foot fern, with broad, finely-divided fronds, occurs in the western Mediterranean, Canary Islands and Madeira. Like other epiphytes (plants that grow on other plants), it garners water and nutrients from the air, rain or plant debris and relies on the host plant for support”. (Photo by Antonio Fernandez/2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year)
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