![]() But it’s also the “personal symbol”of drummer John Bonham. They look like black lichen or maybe the imprint of a very wet mug set down three times on a very dry surface. If you look to the right of the fern, you’ll see three interlocking rings. Which is a band.īack to my original question: why a fern? My first thought was ebony spleenwort, like what grows in the disappearing mortar of our chimney, but Led Zeppelin’s pinnae are mostly opposite, not alternate. My best guess, thanks to my Fern Finder booklet, is black-stemmed spleenwort ( Asplenium resiliens).Īlthough, if those pinnae are lobed (are they?), it could be a maidenhair spleenwort. ![]() The image is not super crisp, so I can’t see the pinnae margins clearly enough, nor how they meet the rachis. I found the CD while organizing a bookcase at home, and the fern gave me an excuse to stop organizing and start identifying. What I really wanted to know was why a spleenwort is the cover art for disc three of the 1990 Led Zeppelin Boxed Set. Yesterday, I had to consult Wikipedia to find out if Led Zeppelin was a person or a band.
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