Fern Encyclopedia

Azolla nilotica (Nile Mosquito Fern)

Azolla nilotica, the Nile Mosquito Fern, distinguishes itself as the largest Azolla species at 32-40 cm length, native to tropical African wetlands from Sudan to Zimbabwe. Unlike smaller congeners, this...

Azolla nilotica (Nile Mosquito Fern)

Azolla nilotica, the Nile Mosquito Fern, distinguishes itself as the largest Azolla species at 32-40 cm length, native to tropical African wetlands from Sudan to Zimbabwe. Unlike smaller congeners, this...

Azolla pinnata (Feathered Mosquito Fern)

Azolla pinnata is a small floating aquatic fern native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Australia, distinguished by its unique symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena azollae...

Azolla pinnata (Feathered Mosquito Fern)

Azolla pinnata is a small floating aquatic fern native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Australia, distinguished by its unique symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena azollae...

Azolla microphylla (Small-leaved Azolla, Mexica...

Azolla microphylla is a diminutive floating aquatic fern native to western North America through South America, renowned for its symbiotic nitrogen-fixing partnership with the cyanobacterium Nostoc azollae. Individual fronds measure...

Azolla microphylla (Small-leaved Azolla, Mexica...

Azolla microphylla is a diminutive floating aquatic fern native to western North America through South America, renowned for its symbiotic nitrogen-fixing partnership with the cyanobacterium Nostoc azollae. Individual fronds measure...

Azolla mexicana (Mexican Mosquito Fern)

Azolla mexicana (Mexican Mosquito Fern) is a diminutive floating aquatic fern native to western North America and Mexico, forming delicate red-green carpets across still water surfaces through its unique symbiosis...

Azolla mexicana (Mexican Mosquito Fern)

Azolla mexicana (Mexican Mosquito Fern) is a diminutive floating aquatic fern native to western North America and Mexico, forming delicate red-green carpets across still water surfaces through its unique symbiosis...

Trichomanes pinnatum (Pinnate Filmy Fern (Feath...

Trichomanes pinnatum, the Pinnate Filmy Fern, is one of the largest Neotropical filmy ferns, with distinctly pinnate translucent fronds reaching 15 to 40 centimetres. The lamina is two to three...

Trichomanes pinnatum (Pinnate Filmy Fern (Feath...

Trichomanes pinnatum, the Pinnate Filmy Fern, is one of the largest Neotropical filmy ferns, with distinctly pinnate translucent fronds reaching 15 to 40 centimetres. The lamina is two to three...

Trichomanes membranaceum (Membranous Filmy Fern)

Trichomanes membranaceum, the Membranous Filmy Fern, is a Neotropical Hymenophyllaceae species distinguished by its broad, simple to shallowly lobed translucent fronds that are unlike the finely divided fronds of most...

Trichomanes membranaceum (Membranous Filmy Fern)

Trichomanes membranaceum, the Membranous Filmy Fern, is a Neotropical Hymenophyllaceae species distinguished by its broad, simple to shallowly lobed translucent fronds that are unlike the finely divided fronds of most...