Fern Encyclopedia

Pteris wallichiana (Wallich's Brake)

Pteris wallichiana, Wallich's Brake, is the largest and most architecturally imposing Pteris in cultivation, a cool-mountain fern of the Himalayan and Indo-Malayan montane forest belt whose broad tripartite fronds reach...

Pteris wallichiana (Wallich's Brake)

Pteris wallichiana, Wallich's Brake, is the largest and most architecturally imposing Pteris in cultivation, a cool-mountain fern of the Himalayan and Indo-Malayan montane forest belt whose broad tripartite fronds reach...

Pteris tripartita (Giant Brake)

Pteris tripartita, the giant brake or Australian brake, is one of the largest and most spectacular ferns of the genus Pteris, a vigorous Old World tropical species whose mature fronds...

Pteris tripartita (Giant Brake)

Pteris tripartita, the giant brake or Australian brake, is one of the largest and most spectacular ferns of the genus Pteris, a vigorous Old World tropical species whose mature fronds...

Pteris vittata (Chinese Brake Fern, Ladder Brak...

Pteris vittata, the Chinese Brake Fern, stands as the first identified arsenic hyperaccumulator capable of concentrating 22,630 mg/kg arsenic in fronds for phytoremediation applications. This evergreen limestone-lover produces ladder-like uni-pinnate...

Pteris vittata (Chinese Brake Fern, Ladder Brak...

Pteris vittata, the Chinese Brake Fern, stands as the first identified arsenic hyperaccumulator capable of concentrating 22,630 mg/kg arsenic in fronds for phytoremediation applications. This evergreen limestone-lover produces ladder-like uni-pinnate...

Pteris umbrosa (Jungle Brake)

Pteris umbrosa, the Jungle Brake, is a handsome pedate-fronded rainforest fern endemic to the moist forested east coast of Australia. Evergreen fronds reaching 80 to 140 centimetres arise from a...

Pteris umbrosa (Jungle Brake)

Pteris umbrosa, the Jungle Brake, is a handsome pedate-fronded rainforest fern endemic to the moist forested east coast of Australia. Evergreen fronds reaching 80 to 140 centimetres arise from a...

Pteris tremula (Trembling Brake, Australian Bra...

Pteris tremula, the Trembling Brake or Australian Brake Fern, is a fast-growing, 60-200 cm tall species native to eastern Australia and New Zealand, characterized by lacy, pale green, 2-4-pinnate fronds...

Pteris tremula (Trembling Brake, Australian Bra...

Pteris tremula, the Trembling Brake or Australian Brake Fern, is a fast-growing, 60-200 cm tall species native to eastern Australia and New Zealand, characterized by lacy, pale green, 2-4-pinnate fronds...

Pteris scabristipes (Rough-Stiped Brake)

Pteris scabristipes, the Rough-Stiped Brake, is a finely divided brake fern of the family Pteridaceae native to Taiwan, southern Japan, southern China, and northern Vietnam. Its bipinnate to tripinnate fronds...

Pteris scabristipes (Rough-Stiped Brake)

Pteris scabristipes, the Rough-Stiped Brake, is a finely divided brake fern of the family Pteridaceae native to Taiwan, southern Japan, southern China, and northern Vietnam. Its bipinnate to tripinnate fronds...