Fern Encyclopedia

Osmunda lancea (Lance-leaved Royal Fern)

Osmunda lancea, the Lance-leaved Royal Fern, is a graceful evergreen to semi-evergreen species of East Asian warm-temperate forests, distinguished by its narrow once-pinnate fronds with slender lanceolate coriaceous pinnae. Native...

Osmunda lancea (Lance-leaved Royal Fern)

Osmunda lancea, the Lance-leaved Royal Fern, is a graceful evergreen to semi-evergreen species of East Asian warm-temperate forests, distinguished by its narrow once-pinnate fronds with slender lanceolate coriaceous pinnae. Native...

Osmunda claytoniana (Interrupted Fern (Clayton'...

Osmunda claytoniana (Interrupted Fern) is a large deciduous woodland fern of the ancient family Osmundaceae, unique among all ferns for bearing its fertile pinnae in the MIDDLE of the frond...

Osmunda claytoniana (Interrupted Fern (Clayton'...

Osmunda claytoniana (Interrupted Fern) is a large deciduous woodland fern of the ancient family Osmundaceae, unique among all ferns for bearing its fertile pinnae in the MIDDLE of the frond...

Osmunda japonica (Japanese Royal Fern)

Osmunda japonica, the Japanese Royal Fern, is the East Asian representative of a celebrated ancient lineage with essentially unchanged morphology since the Triassic. Native from Hokkaido through Korea, eastern China,...

Osmunda japonica (Japanese Royal Fern)

Osmunda japonica, the Japanese Royal Fern, is the East Asian representative of a celebrated ancient lineage with essentially unchanged morphology since the Triassic. Native from Hokkaido through Korea, eastern China,...

Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern)

Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern) is a cosmopolitan deciduous fern of the ancient family Osmundaceae, with a fossil record stretching to the Triassic (~220 Ma). Fronds reach 1.5–3 m in boggy,...

Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern)

Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern) is a cosmopolitan deciduous fern of the ancient family Osmundaceae, with a fossil record stretching to the Triassic (~220 Ma). Fronds reach 1.5–3 m in boggy,...

Onoclea orientalis (Asian Sensitive Fern)

Onoclea orientalis, the Asian Sensitive Fern, is the direct East Asian counterpart of the widespread eastern North American Onoclea sensibilis, recognised at species rank on the basis of molecular and...

Onoclea orientalis (Asian Sensitive Fern)

Onoclea orientalis, the Asian Sensitive Fern, is the direct East Asian counterpart of the widespread eastern North American Onoclea sensibilis, recognised at species rank on the basis of molecular and...

Onoclea intermedia (Intermediate Sensitive Fern)

Onoclea intermedia, the Intermediate Sensitive Fern, is an East Asian species of warm-temperate to subtropical forests in southeastern China, morphologically and geographically intermediate between the widespread O. sensibilis and the...

Onoclea intermedia (Intermediate Sensitive Fern)

Onoclea intermedia, the Intermediate Sensitive Fern, is an East Asian species of warm-temperate to subtropical forests in southeastern China, morphologically and geographically intermediate between the widespread O. sensibilis and the...