How to know the ferns
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- How to Know the Ferns
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF PLATES
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- How to Know the Ferns
- FERNS AS A HOBBY
- WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND FERNS
- WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND FERNS
- EXPLANATION OF TERMS
- FERTILIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND FRUCTIFICATION OF FERNS
- NOTABLE FERN FAMILIES
- OSMUNDA (Flowering Ferns)
- ONOCLEA
- WOODSIA
- CYSTOPTERIS (Bladder Ferns)
- ASPIDIUM (Shield Ferns)
- PHEGOPTERIS (Beech Ferns)
- WOODWARDIA (Chain Ferns)
- ASPLENIUM (Spleenworts)
- PELLÆA (Cliff Brakes)
- BOTRYCHIUM (Moonworts)
- HOW TO USE THE BOOK
- GUIDE
- GROUP I STERILE AND FERTILE FRONDS TOTALLY UNLIKE; FERTILE FRONDS NOT LEAF-LIKE IN APPEARANCE
- 1. SENSITIVE FERN
- 2. OSTRICH FERN
- 3. CINNAMON FERN
- 4. CURLY GRASS
- GROUP II FERTILE FRONDS PARTIALLY LEAF-LIKE, THE FERTILE PORTION UNLIKE THE REST OF THE FROND
- 5. ROYAL FERN
- 6. INTERRUPTED FERN
- 7. CLIMBING FERN
- 8. ADDER'S TONGUE
- 9. RATTLESNAKE FERN
- 10. TERNATE GRAPE FERN
- 11. LITTLE GRAPE FERN
- 12. MOONWORT
- 13. MATRICARY GRAPE FERN
- 14. LANCE-LEAVED GRAPE FERN
- GROUP III FERTILE FRONDS UNIFORMLY SOMEWHAT LEAF-LIKE IN APPEARANCE, YET DIFFERING NOTICEABLY FROM STERILE FRONDS
- 15. SLENDER CLIFF BRAKE
- 16. PURPLE CLIFF BRAKE
- 17. CHRISTMAS FERN
- 18. NARROW-LEAVED SPLEENWORT
- 19. NET-VEINED CHAIN FERN
- GROUP IV FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND SIMILAR; SPORANGIA ON OR BENEATH A REFLEXED PORTION OF THE MARGIN
- 20. BRAKE
- 21. MAIDENHAIR
- 22. HAIRY LIP FERN
- 23. HAY-SCENTED FERN
- GROUP V FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND SIMILAR; SPORANGIA IN LINEAR OR OBLONG FRUIT-DOTS
- 24. LADY FERN
- 25. SILVERY SPLEENWORT
- 26. RUE SPLEENWORT
- 27. MOUNTAIN SPLEENWORT
- 28. EBONY SPLEENWORT
- 29. MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT
- 30. GREEN SPLEENWORT
- 31. SCOTT'S SPLEENWORT
- 32. PINNATIFID SPLEENWORT
- 33. BRADLEY'S SPLEENWORT
- 34. WALKING FERN
- 35. HART'S TONGUE
- 36. VIRGINIA CHAIN FERN
- GROUP VI FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND USUALLY SIMILAR, FRUIT-DOTS ROUND
- 37. NEW YORK FERN
- 38. MARSH FERN
- 39. MASSACHUSETTS FERN
- CHRISTMAS FERN
- 40. SPINULOSE WOOD FERN
- 41. BOOTT'S SHIELD FERN
- 42. CRESTED SHIELD FERN
- 43. CLINTON'S WOOD FERN
- 44. GOLDIE'S FERN
- 45. EVERGREEN WOOD FERN
- 46. FRAGRANT SHIELD FERN
- 47. BRAUN'S HOLLY FERN
- 48. COMMON POLYPODY
- HAY-SCENTED FERN
- 49. LONG BEECH FERN
- 50. BROAD BEECH FERN
- 51. OAK FERN
- 52. BULBLET BLADDER FERN
- 53. COMMON BLADDER FERN
- 54. RUSTY WOODSIA
- 55. BLUNT-LOBED WOODSIA
- 56. NORTHERN WOODSIA
- 57. SMOOTH WOODSIA
- FERN DESCRIPTIONS
- GROUP I STERILE AND FERTILE FRONDS TOTALLY UNLIKE; FERTILE FRONDS NOT LEAF-LIKE IN APPEARANCE
- 1. SENSITIVE FERN
- 2. OSTRICH FERN
- 3. CINNAMON FERN
- 4. CURLY GRASS
- GROUP II FERTILE FRONDS PARTIALLY LEAF-LIKE, THE FERTILE PORTION UNLIKE THE REST OF THE FROND
- 5. ROYAL FERN. FLOWERING FERN
- 6. INTERRUPTED FERN
- 7. CLIMBING FERN. CREEPING FERN. HARTFORD FERN
- 8. ADDER'S TONGUE
- 9. RATTLESNAKE FERN. VIRGINIA GRAPE FERN
- 10. TERNATE GRAPE FERN
- 11. LITTLE GRAPE FERN
- 12. MOONWORT
- 13. MATRICARY GRAPE FERN
- 14. LANCE-LEAVED GRAPE FERN
- GROUP III FERTILE FRONDS UNIFORMLY SOMEWHAT LEAF-LIKE IN APPEARANCE, YET DIFFERING NOTICEABLY FROM STERILE FRONDS
- 15. SLENDER CLIFF BRAKE
- 16. PURPLE CLIFF BRAKE
- 17. CHRISTMAS FERN
- 18. NARROW-LEAVED SPLEENWORT
- 19. NET-VEINED CHAIN FERN
- GROUP IV FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND SIMILAR; SPORANGIA ON OR BENEATH A REFLEXED PORTION OF THE MARGIN
- 20. BRAKE. BRACKEN. EAGLE FERN
- 21. MAIDENHAIR
- 22. HAIRY LIP FERN
- 23. HAY-SCENTED FERN
- GROUP V FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND SIMILAR; SPORANGIA IN LINEAR OR OBLONG FRUIT-DOTS
- 24. LADY FERN
- 25. SILVERY SPLEENWORT
- 26. RUE SPLEENWORT. WALL RUE
- 27. MOUNTAIN SPLEENWORT
- 28. EBONY SPLEENWORT
- 29. MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT
- 30. GREEN SPLEENWORT
- 31. SCOTT'S SPLEENWORT
- 32. PINNATIFID SPLEENWORT
- 33. BRADLEY'S SPLEENWORT
- 34. WALKING FERN. WALKING LEAF
- 35. HART'S TONGUE
- 36. VIRGINIA CHAIN FERN
- GROUP VI FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND USUALLY SIMILAR, FRUIT-DOTS ROUND
- 37. NEW YORK FERN
- 38. MARSH FERN
- 39. MASSACHUSETTS FERN
- 40. SPINULOSE WOOD FERN
- Aspidium spinulosum (Dryopteris spinulosa)
- Var. intermedium (D. spinulosa intermedia)
- Var. dilatatum (D. spinulosa dilatata)
- 41. BOOTT'S SHIELD FERN
- 42. CRESTED SHIELD FERN
- 43. CLINTON'S WOOD FERN
- 44. GOLDIE'S FERN
- 45. EVERGREEN WOOD FERN. MARGINAL SHIELD FERN
- 46. FRAGRANT SHIELD FERN
- 47. BRAUN'S HOLLY FERN
- 48. COMMON POLYPODY. SNAKE FERN
- 49. LONG BEECH FERN
- 50. BROAD BEECH FERN. HEXAGON BEECH FERN
- 51. OAK FERN
- 52. BULBLET BLADDER FERN
- 53. FRAGILE BLADDER FERN. COMMON BLADDER FERN
- 54. RUSTY WOODSIA
- 55. BLUNT-LOBED WOODSIA
- 56. NORTHERN WOODSIA. ALPINE WOODSIA
- 57. SMOOTH WOODSIA
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