Fern Collection

Australian forest
Australian rainforest in the Great Otway National Park Victoria

Aspidium filix mas or Male Shield fern. Handcoloured engraving from William Curtis, Flora Londiniensis; containing a history of the plants indigenous to Great Britain

Otway National Park
The temperate rain forest of Otway National Park Victoria

Triplet Falls
Triplet falls in full flow inside the great otway national park victoria

Ostrich Fern or Shuttlecock Fern -Matteuccia struthiopteris-, Stein, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Triplet falls, Otway ranges, Victoria, Australia

Lady Fern, True Maidenhair and Holly Fern. Chromolithograph from Francis George Heath, The Fern Porfolio, all the species of British ferns Date: 1885

Rainforest, Bunyip State Park, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Padley Gorge, Peak District, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tropical plant and orchid house
Cross-section view of a tropical plant and orchid house

Taft Creek and lush groundcover in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA

Archaeopteris hibernica, fossil plant
A fern-like plant, beautifully preserved in yellow sandstone from the Devonian, Kilkenny, Ireland. Specimen is 25 cms long

Canada - Lake Louise, Alberta
Lake Louise, Laggan, Alberta Date: circa 1910

cascade in rainforest small waterfall and brook meandering through lush moss
SAS-901 cascade in rainforest - small waterfall and brook meandering through lush moss - and lichen-covered temperate rainforest Oparara Basin, Karamea region, West Coast, South Island

Tree ferns and Duck Pond, Wellington Botanic Garden, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Tree ferns (Cyatheaceae) in Kells Bay Gardens, Ring of Kerry, Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland, Europe. September 2015

Common staghorn fern, Elkhorn fern (Platycerium bifurcate), Australia

Sable Fern, music hall singer and dancer
Sable Fern, music hall singer, dancer and actor, seen here in Boer War uniform. late 19th century

Everton FC football team 1922-23. Back row: Hart, Brewster, Peacock, Fern, McDonald, Chedgzoy. Front row: Harrison, Downs, Irvine, Forbes, Williams. Date: 1922-1923

eucalypts rainforest, Great Otway N. P. Australia
Green and wet rainforest with old growth eucalypts with peeling bark, Australian fern trees, mosses and epiphytes, The Otway Fly Treetop, Great Otway National Park, fall, Victoria, Australia

Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio polyxenes

Elephant fern
Spiral stairs surround green fern

MUIR & BURROUGHS, c1909. American naturalists John Muir (left) and John Burroughs. Photograph, c1909

Elkhorn / Staghorn fern - Atherton Tableland - North Queensland - Australia JFL00186
FL-3012 Elkhorn / Staghorn fern Atherton Tableland - North Queensland - Australia Platycerium grande Ferrero Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fiordland crested penguins (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) in dense coastal forest, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, November, threatened species

Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) on frost covered fern, Dunham Massey, Cheshire, UK. Winner of the Habitat Category of the British Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (BWPA) 2017

Lough Fern, Milford, Co. Donegal - a view of a lough with hay stacks in the field in the foreground. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Milford). Date: circa early 1900s

Nothochloena marantoe
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 4

Tupus diluculum, Bolsover dragonfly
Painting of Tupus diluculum (Bolsover dragonfly), a giant dragonfly from the Upper Carboniferous (354 to 290 mya)

British Shorthair Cat
Al Barizi

United States, Louisiana, New Orleans. French Quarter balconies on Royal Street

Sitka Spruce and Sword Ferns, Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA

Marriners Falls at Great Otway National Park, Victoria

A baby Tyrannosaurus Rex roars while safely standing between its mothers legs
A baby Tyrannosaurus Rex roars defiantely while safely standing between its mothers legs

Giganotosaurus hunting. Giganotosaurus was a large carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina during the early Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous Period approximately 100 to

Autumn Fern, Japanese Wood Fern or Copper Shield Fern -Dryopteris erythrosora-

Portions of fern. Chromolithograph from John Gilbert Baker and Sir William Jackson Hooker, Synopsis filicum, or a synopsis of all known ferns. Drawn from nature by Mr. Fitch, F.L.S. Date: 1868

Licuala sp
Plate 981 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ostrich fern or shuttlecock fern - Fiddlehead - edible - Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere - Europe - Asia
CAN-4475 Ostrich fern or shuttlecock fern - Fiddlehead - edible Matteuccia struthiopteris often used in gardening John Cancalosi contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

New Zealand
PongaTree Fern Frond Unfurling (Koru), South Island, New Zealand

Fern Tree Valley, near Hobart, Tasmania
View of Fern Tree Valley near Hobart, Tasmania, showing a river and waterfall in a tropical landscape. 1870

Horseshoe Falls, Mount Field National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Tree Ferns, Dandenong Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of Whisk Fern (Psilotum nudum); Magnification x18 (on 10)
LRDS-167 Light Micrograph (LM): A transverse section of a stem of Whisk Fern (Psilotum nudum) Magnification x18 (on 10.5 cm width print) Psilotum nudum David Spears (Last Refuge)

Tree Fern unfurling leave of a tree fern. This motive, in Maori called Koru
SAS-935 Tree Fern - unfurling leave of a tree fern. This motive, in Maori called Koru, is by the Maori people often used in arts of all kinds

pristine rainforest with many tree ferns and lush moss- and lichen-covered native trees along path to Moria Gate Arch
SAS-848 pristine rainforest - with many tree ferns and lush moss - and lichen-covered native trees along path to Moria Gate Arch Oparara Basin, Karamea region, West Coast, South Island

Wistmans Wood showing old Oaks and moss covered rocky understory Dartmoor National Park Devon, UK LA000184
COS-1303 Wistmans Wood showing old Oaks and moss covered rocky understory Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Soft Tree Fern - Unfolding new frond
AU-32053-JPF Tasmanian tree fern / Soft tree fern / Man fern - Unfolding new frond Dicksonia antarctica Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Stream tumbling over rocks, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK, Europe

First published photograph, William Fox-Talbot facsimile of a photogenic drawing showing fern leaves. Date: 1839

House at night (collage)
RAV66527 House at night (collage) by Ravilious, Tirzah (nee Garwood) (1908-51); Private Collection

Pale Mountain Polypody (colour litho)
2797361 Pale Mountain Polypody (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pale Mountain Polypody)

Wings Develop of Mantis
Abdul Gapur Dayak

Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) unrolling frond, Den Oever, The Netherlands

Canada - Kicking Horse River, southeastern British Columbia
Kicking Horse River, southeastern British Columbia Date: circa 1910

Port-na-Craig Tearooms Pitlochry, Scotland
Port-na-Craig Tearooms, Ferry Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Still (wonderfully!) still open as a Tea House although they have also diversified into (gasp...) Modern European Cuisine!

Water fern rhizome, light micrograph
Water fern rhizome. Polarised light micrograph of a section through a rhizome from a water fern (Marselia vestita). Under the epidermis (the outer layer)

Polystichum aculeatum lobatum. The common prickly shield fern, Bradbury, Henry Riley (1821-1887), (Illustrator), 1857, ferns of Great Britain and Ireland

Picture No. 10891045
Bracken Fern - development of leaves in spring (Pteridium aquilinum) Date:

USA, North America, Massachusetts
Boxford, MA. A fiddlehead fern at the newly protected Sawyer/Richardson property

Owharoa Falls, Karangahake Gorge, near Paeroa, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand

Purple Foxglove mass population in forest clearing Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
SAS-324 Purple Foxglove - mass population in forest clearing Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Digitalis purpurea Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Orang-utan Borneo
WAT-6062 ORANG-UTAN - PLAYS WITH FERN Borneo Pongo pygmaeus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bird's Nest Fern. Malaysia
PPG-1541 Birds Nest Fern Malaysia Asplenium nidus Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fern - male, fronds
AEB-703 Fern - male, fronds, unfurling Dryopteris filix-mas Elizabeth Bomford Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Ferns in hanging baskets and reflections in windows in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

Silver birch trees and ferns, near Tromso, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Fossil ferns found in Radstock Colliery, Mariopteris carboniferous coal measures, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Canyon of the Fraser River, Mount Robson Provincial Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

Fossil Fern - Permian Germany E50T3912
CAN-2194 Fossil Fern - Permian Germany Pecopteris sp. John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Ferns Phegopteris Poly

Ferns Phegopteris Rob

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) adult, perched on post amongst ferns in woodland, South Yorkshire, England, November (controlled)

Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) stag, with bracken on antlers from thrashing vegetation during rut, Richmond Park, London, England, october

A. Hymenophyllum tunbridgense. B. H. unilaterale. The tunbridge film fern, Bradbury, Henry Riley (1821-1887), (Illustrator), ferns of Great Britain and Ireland

Athyrium Filix-foemina multifidum. The lady fern, Bradbury, Henry Riley (1821-1887), (Illustrator), ferns of Great Britain and Ireland

Fresh green tree neem leaves plant growing on nature for food and herb / Azadirachta indica , Neem tree

Wardian case with ferns 1857
Fern case in the shape of a small aviary with canaries. Scale of the design is three feet long, the space reserved for plants extending 10 inches on either side of the cage or aviary which is 16

New Zealand, Nelson & Marlborough, Abel Tasman National Park. The Wainui River downstream of the Wainui Falls, as it flows through native NZ forest and bush

Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest with Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) ground flora in autumn, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October

Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) on fern. South of Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, south west France. May

Scarletina bolete (Boletus luridiformis) toadstool, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. September

Ferns in forest, Vicente Perez Rosales National Park, Petrohue, Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, Chile

Autumn view of Piano delle Alpi with red ferns. Cerano d'Intelvi, Intelvi valley (val d'Intelvi), lake Como, Como province, Lombardy, Italy

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Ferns, with their delicate fronds and lush green foliage, add a touch of elegance to any landscape. Lady Fern, True Maidenhair, and Holly it can just a few the stunning variety found in nature's repertoire. In Stein, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, the Ostrich Fern or Shuttlecock Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) thrives amidst breathtaking scenery. Journeying to Triplet Falls in the Otway Ranges of Victoria, Australia unveils a mesmerizing sight as ferns flourish in the enchanting rainforest of Bunyip State Park. Venturing further into Pacific paradise leads us to Padley Gorge in Peak District, Derbyshire, England. Here lies another captivating display of ferns that adorn this picturesque location within the United Kingdom's borders. Across continents and oceans lies New Zealand's Karamea region where an opulent cascade flows through moss- and lichen-covered temperate rainforests at Oparara Basin. In Olympic National Park's Hoh Rain Forest in Washington State stands Taft Creek surrounded by vibrant groundcover dominated by ferns - a testament to their resilience even in challenging environments. The Male Shield fern (Aspidium filix mas) showcases its unique beauty while Archaeopteris hibernica reminds us of these ancient plants' enduring legacy as fossilized remains. Indoor enthusiasts can also appreciate ferns' allure within tropical plant and orchid houses worldwide. From botanical gardens to private collections alike; these spaces provide sanctuary for these verdant wonders. Lastly, we owe gratitude to William Fox-Talbot for capturing one of our earliest glimpses into the world of photography with his first published photograph featuring none other than a magnificent fern specimen. Whether it be cascading waterfalls or serene forests teeming with life; from Europe to Australia and beyond – wherever you find yourself immersed in nature’s embrace they can sure to captivate with their timeless beauty.