Fern Encyclopedia
Pteris biaurita (Twin-Eared Brake)
Pteris biaurita, the Twin-Eared Brake, is a pantropical fern of the family Pteridaceae distinguished by the diagnostic basiscopic auricles at the base of the lower pinnae and the characteristically winged...
Pteris biaurita (Twin-Eared Brake)
Pteris biaurita, the Twin-Eared Brake, is a pantropical fern of the family Pteridaceae distinguished by the diagnostic basiscopic auricles at the base of the lower pinnae and the characteristically winged...
Pteris argyraea (Silver Brake)
Pteris argyraea, the Silver Brake, is among the most visually distinctive ferns in cultivation, its broad silvery-white band along the midrib of each pinna producing a luminous reflective variegation unmatched...
Pteris argyraea (Silver Brake)
Pteris argyraea, the Silver Brake, is among the most visually distinctive ferns in cultivation, its broad silvery-white band along the midrib of each pinna producing a luminous reflective variegation unmatched...
Pteris dentata (Toothed Brake)
Pteris dentata, the toothed brake, is a graceful African and Afromontane forest-margin fern with distinctive once-pinnate fronds to 90 centimetres or more bearing 6 to 15 pairs of narrow lanceolate...
Pteris dentata (Toothed Brake)
Pteris dentata, the toothed brake, is a graceful African and Afromontane forest-margin fern with distinctive once-pinnate fronds to 90 centimetres or more bearing 6 to 15 pairs of narrow lanceolate...
Pteris ensiformis (Silver Lace Fern, Slender Br...
Pteris fern, Rhizomatous clumping, reaching 20-150 cm, native to Pantropical to warm temperate. 20-150 cm Rhizomatous clumping Pantropical to warm temperate Photos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributors. Click any image...
Pteris ensiformis (Silver Lace Fern, Slender Br...
Pteris fern, Rhizomatous clumping, reaching 20-150 cm, native to Pantropical to warm temperate. 20-150 cm Rhizomatous clumping Pantropical to warm temperate Photos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributors. Click any image...
Pteris cretica (Cretan Brake Fern)
Pteris cretica is a tough, elegant, lime-tolerant fern from the Mediterranean and Asia, prized for the variegated cultivar 'Albolineata' with its distinctive white-striped fronds — one of the only true...
Pteris cretica (Cretan Brake Fern)
Pteris cretica is a tough, elegant, lime-tolerant fern from the Mediterranean and Asia, prized for the variegated cultivar 'Albolineata' with its distinctive white-striped fronds — one of the only true...
Polystichum retroso-paleaceum (Backward-Scaled ...
Polystichum retroso-paleaceum, the Backward-Scaled Holly Fern, is a Japanese endemic of the family Dryopteridaceae found in montane forests of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Its bipinnate evergreen fronds of 30 to...
Polystichum retroso-paleaceum (Backward-Scaled ...
Polystichum retroso-paleaceum, the Backward-Scaled Holly Fern, is a Japanese endemic of the family Dryopteridaceae found in montane forests of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Its bipinnate evergreen fronds of 30 to...