Ferns Collection (#24)

Plantain Lily (Hosta sp. ) and ferns
Plantain Lily (Hosta sp.) and ferns in mixed flowerbed

Ferns unfurling in Spring

Wall-rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria)
Foliage of Wall-rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria) growing in a crevice of limestone in the Julian Alps, Slovenia

Fairy Foxgloves (Erinus alpinus)
Fairy foxgloves (Erinus alpinus) flowering on an old stone wall in France

Icicles and ferns. The icicles have formed from water running over this fern-covered area from a nearby river. Photographed in Exmoor, Devon, England

Gymnocarpium robertianum
Limestone fern (Gymnocarpium robertianum), formerly known as (Thelypteris robertiana) growing in a crevice of limestone in the Julian Alps, Slovenia

Prehistoric forest, artwork
Prehistoric forest. Computer artwork of a forest in Midwestern North America 350 million years ago during the Carboniferous period (354-290 million years ago)

Unfurling fern fronds in the spring

Drystone wall with plants
Drystone wall with mosses, lichens and ferns

Prehistoric riverside, artwork
Prehistoric riverside. Computer artwork of prehistoric insects flying around ferns, seed ferns, and giant lycopods (primitive moss-like plants with long slender leaves)

Bracken in Exmoor National Park, Devon, UK

Fern frond, light micrograph. Transverse section through the frond of a fern (Cyrtomium falcatum), showing the sporangia. At left is a central vascular bundle (meristele)

Ferns in a limestone pavement
Ferns growing in a gryke (crevice) in a limestone pavement. Photographed in Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve, Cumbria, England

Fern (Dryopteris submontana)
Rigid buckler fern (Dryopteris submontana) growing on a limestone pavement. This fern, which is rare in the UK, is also known as Dryopteris villarii montana. Photographed in Cumbria, England

Fern plant reproduction, light micrograph. At bottom, the double kidney-shaped gametophyte (prothallus) plant has anchored itself with root-like rhizoids (central black area)

Fern stem, light micrograph. Transverse section through a rachis (stem) of the bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum). Under the outer epidermis (black) is a thin cortex (deep red)

Waterfalls, Quinault Valley, USA
Waterfalls in the Quinault Valley temperate rainforest. Photographed in the Olympic National Park, Washington, USA

Fern rhizome, light micrograph. Transverse section through the center of a rhizome from the Killarney fern (Trichomanes speciosum)

Fern spore capsule, light micrograph
Fern spore capsule, polarised light micrograph. Transverse section through the spororocarp (spore capsule) of the water fern pillwort (Pilularia globulifera)

Fern leaves in winter

Tree Fern (Dicksonia antarctica)

Ankylosaur family, artwork. This heavily-armoured dinosaur lived in the early Mesozoic era, in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, between about 125 and 65 million years ago

Hapu u ferns
Hapu u fern. Hapu u ferns (Cibotium splendens) growing in a mountainous forest. Photographed on Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Bracken spores, SEM
Bracken spores. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the leaves of a bracken plant (Pteridium aquilinum). The undersides of the leaves are covered in spore-containing sacs known as

Fern and molecules of photosynthesis
Photosynthesis. Computer artwork of ferns against a blue sky overlaid with the molecules involved in photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants capture energy in light

Fern spores, SEM
Fern spores. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of spores (red) of a fern partly enclosed in a sporangium. The undersides of the leaves of ferns are covered in these spore-containing sacs

Bracken leaves, SEM
Bracken leaves. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the leaves of a bracken plant (Pteridium aquilinum). The undersides of the leaves are covered in spore-containing sacs known as

Rasp fern (Doodia caudata)

Hapu u fern. Frond of a hapu u fern (Cibotium splendens). Photographed on Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Forest ferns. Fronds of unidentified forest ferns. Ferns are primitive plants which reproduce by means of spores. Photographed in British Columbia, Canada

Hen and chickens fern (Asplenium sp. )
Hen and chickens fern (Asplenium bulbiferum) showing viviparous production of new plantlets. Photographed in woodland on North island, New Zealand

Fern branches
Fern fronds. Fern fronds are tightly coiled when young, unwinding the coil as they expand. Ferns are spore-bearing plants

Woodland plants. Star-flowered false Solomons seal flowers (Maianthemum stellateum) amongst ferns. Photographed in south-west British Columbia, Canada

Ferns. Two unidentified tree ferns (far left and centre left) surrounded by other ferns of temperate climates. Tree ferns belong to an ancient group

New Zealand Walk at Heligan Gardens
New Zealand Walk at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, UK. The path is lined by flora native to New Zealand, including tree ferns

Tree covered truck. Tree growing around a derelict truck. Photographed in Hawaii, USA

Forget-me-not flowers with ferns
Forget-me-not flowers (Mysotis sp.) with ferns

Northern moonwort (Botrychium boreale) with spores (small round specks) on its fertile fronds. Photographed in Norway

Common moonwort (Botrychium lunaria) with spores (yellow) at the tip of the fronds. Photographed in Scotland

Mimulus flowers beside a pond (Mimulus sp.), with ferns and Ladys mantle leaves (Alchemilla mollis)

Stream and woodland in Devon
Stream and woodland in the valley of the River Barle in Exmoor, Devon, UK

Fern (Asplenium adiantum-nigrum) growing in a wall. Photographed in Exmoor in Devon, UK

Asplenium trichomanes
Common Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes ssp. quadrivalens) growing in a wall. Photographed in Exmoor in Devon, UK

Garden shed amongst flowers including a Mulligans climbing rose (Rosa Mulligani ), white, Ivy (Hedera helix Gold Craft ), Scottish flame flower (Tropaeolum speciosum)

Ferns by a stream. Male ferns (Dryopteris filix-mas) are seen in the well-lit foreground, and lady ferns (Athyrium filix-femina) in the background

Tree ferns and ferns
Tree ferns (Dickonsia sp. top left and bottom right) amongst other ferns

Ferns and mosses on a stone wall. Photographed near Loch Duich in north west Scotland

Lady fern fronds (Athyrium filix-femina)

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