American Fern Society

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Osmunda claytoniana — the “Interrupted Fern,”. A living fossil over 200 million years strong!

📸 Chris Hoess

22.08.2025 12:51 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

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Visit us at the AFS booth and discover more about the fascinating world of ferns.

30.07.2025 17:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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Come fern out with us at the American Fern Society booth!

29.07.2025 17:25 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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29.07.2025 00:56 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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Asplenium scolopendrium subsp. scolopendrium at Rock Run Mill, Susquehanna State Park, Maryland.
This diploid Eurasian taxon has naturalized locally, seen here with Woodsia obtusa in a mill wheelpit.
📷 Photo by Chris Hoess

#Asplenium #Pteridophytes #Botany2025

23.05.2025 13:45 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Sceptridium dissectum (Ophioglossaceae) is a wintergreen fern native to eastern North America. Distinguished by its dissected trophophores.
Photo: Jacob Suissa
#Pteridology #Ophioglossaceae #AmericanFerns
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02.05.2025 13:48 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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Alsophila dregei, African tree fern.
From misty montane forests to sunlit savannas, this species thrives where few tree ferns dare to grow
📸 Mwihaki John (MJ)
#FernsOfAfrica #FernFacts #AmericanFernSociety

25.04.2025 14:25 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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Lygodium palmatum, the only temperate climbing fern in North America! Rare, beautiful, and uniquely palm-lobed.
📸: Jacob Suissa
#AmericanFerns #AFS #ClimbingFern #Lygodium

18.04.2025 12:07 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0