Although I had read about these interesting, and rather beautiful, tiny ferns in the family Salviniaceae (water ferns), I had…
When I was looking for a remembered patch of Polystichum imbricans a couple of months ago I came across a…
I am so happy to have found this fern! Ferns are one of my weakest groups, and I didn’t know…
A few years ago, when embarrassment at my ignorance finally outweighed the inertial resistance to the effort required to learn…
This fern is ubiquitous in conifer forests of western North America. So common, in fact, that it was one of…
Ferns are vascular plants (Tracheophytes), which means they have vessels to conduct water, minerals, and the sugars produced by photosynthesis.…