Fern Encyclopedia

Microsorum pteropus 'Philippine' (Philippine Ja...

Microsorum pteropus 'Philippine' is the large-blade, strongly-ruffled cultivar of Java Fern selected from wild Philippine populations of the widespread Southeast Asian aquatic fern Microsorum pteropus (formally Leptochilus pteropus under PPG...

Microsorum pteropus 'Philippine' (Philippine Ja...

Microsorum pteropus 'Philippine' is the large-blade, strongly-ruffled cultivar of Java Fern selected from wild Philippine populations of the widespread Southeast Asian aquatic fern Microsorum pteropus (formally Leptochilus pteropus under PPG...

Microsorum pteropus 'Narrow Leaf' (Java Fern Na...

Microsorum pteropus (Java Fern) is the world's most popular aquarium fern, prized for extreme hardiness, low-light tolerance (20–40 PAR), and epiphytic growth on driftwood or rocks without substrate. Native to...

Microsorum pteropus 'Narrow Leaf' (Java Fern Na...

Microsorum pteropus (Java Fern) is the world's most popular aquarium fern, prized for extreme hardiness, low-light tolerance (20–40 PAR), and epiphytic growth on driftwood or rocks without substrate. Native to...

Marsilea villosa (Hawaiian Water Clover, ʻIhiʻi...

Marsilea villosa—the Hawaiian water clover known as ʻihiʻihilauākea—represents one of the Pacific's rarest aquatic ferns, clinging to existence in just seven wild populations across Oahu and Molokai. This federally endangered...

Marsilea villosa (Hawaiian Water Clover, ʻIhiʻi...

Marsilea villosa—the Hawaiian water clover known as ʻihiʻihilauākea—represents one of the Pacific's rarest aquatic ferns, clinging to existence in just seven wild populations across Oahu and Molokai. This federally endangered...

Marsilea unicornis (Single-Horned Water Clover)

Marsilea unicornis, the single-horned water clover, is a specialized aquatic fern endemic to seasonal wetlands across the Angola-Namibia plateau region of southern Africa. Distinguished by its distinctive four-lobed cloverleaf fronds...

Marsilea unicornis (Single-Horned Water Clover)

Marsilea unicornis, the single-horned water clover, is a specialized aquatic fern endemic to seasonal wetlands across the Angola-Namibia plateau region of southern Africa. Distinguished by its distinctive four-lobed cloverleaf fronds...

Marsilea schelpeana (Schelpe's Water Clover)

Marsilea schelpeana, endemic to South Africa's Eastern Cape coastal plain, represents a specialized aquatic fern adapted to Mediterranean-climate seasonal wetlands through remarkable dormancy mechanisms and heterosporous reproduction. This Vulnerable species...

Marsilea schelpeana (Schelpe's Water Clover)

Marsilea schelpeana, endemic to South Africa's Eastern Cape coastal plain, represents a specialized aquatic fern adapted to Mediterranean-climate seasonal wetlands through remarkable dormancy mechanisms and heterosporous reproduction. This Vulnerable species...

Marsilea polycarpa (Many-Fruited Water Clover)

Marsilea polycarpa, the many-fruited water clover, is a distinctive aquatic fern native to tropical Africa and extending through southern Mexico to tropical America. This heterosporous pteridophyte produces elegant four-lobed clover-like...

Marsilea polycarpa (Many-Fruited Water Clover)

Marsilea polycarpa, the many-fruited water clover, is a distinctive aquatic fern native to tropical Africa and extending through southern Mexico to tropical America. This heterosporous pteridophyte produces elegant four-lobed clover-like...