Fern Encyclopedia

Complete Fern Species Index

Complete index of 800 fern species across 5 groups: tree ferns, indoor ferns, hardy garden ferns, rare collector species, and aquatic ferns. Browse with expert growing guides, frond morphology, and...

Complete Fern Species Index

Complete index of 800 fern species across 5 groups: tree ferns, indoor ferns, hardy garden ferns, rare collector species, and aquatic ferns. Browse with expert growing guides, frond morphology, and...

Salvinia sprucei (Spruce's Watermoss)

Salvinia sprucei, known as Spruce's Watermoss, is a delicate floating aquatic fern native to tropical South American waterways throughout the Amazon basin, named for the renowned 19th-century botanist Richard Spruce...

Salvinia sprucei (Spruce's Watermoss)

Salvinia sprucei, known as Spruce's Watermoss, is a delicate floating aquatic fern native to tropical South American waterways throughout the Amazon basin, named for the renowned 19th-century botanist Richard Spruce...

Salvinia oblongifolia (Oblong-Leaved Watermoss)

Salvinia oblongifolia, the oblong-leaved watermoss, is a free-floating aquatic fern endemic to Brazil, characterized by its distinctively elongated leaves measuring 25 to 60 millimeters and covered with water-repellent papillae. Native...

Salvinia oblongifolia (Oblong-Leaved Watermoss)

Salvinia oblongifolia, the oblong-leaved watermoss, is a free-floating aquatic fern endemic to Brazil, characterized by its distinctively elongated leaves measuring 25 to 60 millimeters and covered with water-repellent papillae. Native...

Salvinia herzogii (Herzog's Watermoss)

Salvinia herzogii, known as Herzog's watermoss, is a floating aquatic fern endemic to the Paraná River basin of South America, distinguished by its unusual heptaploid genetics and sterile reproduction. Described...

Salvinia herzogii (Herzog's Watermoss)

Salvinia herzogii, known as Herzog's watermoss, is a floating aquatic fern endemic to the Paraná River basin of South America, distinguished by its unusual heptaploid genetics and sterile reproduction. Described...

Salvinia hastata (Hastate Watermoss)

Salvinia hastata, the hastate watermoss, is a distinctive yellow-green floating aquatic fern native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Mascarene Islands. First described in 1827 from Réunion specimens, this species...

Salvinia hastata (Hastate Watermoss)

Salvinia hastata, the hastate watermoss, is a distinctive yellow-green floating aquatic fern native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Mascarene Islands. First described in 1827 from Réunion specimens, this species...

Salvinia cucullata (Hooded Watermoss, Asian Wat...

Salvinia cucullata, the hooded watermoss, enchants aquatic plant enthusiasts with its diminutive elegance and functional versatility as both ornamental floating fern and biological water purifier. Native to tropical Southeast Asian...

Salvinia cucullata (Hooded Watermoss, Asian Wat...

Salvinia cucullata, the hooded watermoss, enchants aquatic plant enthusiasts with its diminutive elegance and functional versatility as both ornamental floating fern and biological water purifier. Native to tropical Southeast Asian...