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  Fern Questions and Answers
Ferns are adapted to a wide variety of conditions—some ferns prefer dry rocky sites or wet marshy conditions while others thrive in limestone-rich soils.
The native hairy lip fern, Cheilanthes lanosa, and the wavy cloak fern, Cheilanthes sinuata, are good for native plant gardens.
The American Fern Society is the leading organization in North America devoted to ferns and fern allies.
www.usna.usda.gov /Gardens/faqs/fernsfaq2.html   (1190 words)

  
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The family or genus of a fern is often determined by the shape of its indusium; e.g., the indusium of the woodsias is star-shaped; of the Dicksonias, cup-shaped; of the aspleniums, linear; of the wood ferns, kidney-shaped, etc.
It is said to be the "rarest, tallest and handsomest of the lip ferns." Mountains of Virginia and Kentucky to Georgia, and west to Missouri, Texas and Arizona.
The fragile bladder fern, as it is often called, and which the name _frágilis_ suggests, is the earliest to appear in the spring, and the first to disappear, as by the end of July it has discharged its spores and withered away.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/1/3/6/11365/11365-8.txt   (18133 words)

  
 San Diego Fern Society Fern Catalog
A neat fern with clumps of bright green fronds that are densely woolly on the underside., this fern grows to be 8-16 inches tall.
This is a medium-sized fern with stiff, leathery, dark-green fronds.
Hovenkamp, P.H. A Monograph of the Fern Genus Pyrrosia
www.sdfern.com /ferncat.htm   (14226 words)

  
 Growing Ferns
When ferns are grown outdoors during summer, they should be located in the cooler areas of the garden, usually in deep shade or on the north side of the house or a garden structure.
Asparagus ferns, which are not ferns but belong to the lily family, require bright light year-round and thrive in direct sunlight.
This fern is usually grown on a wooden slab or wire basket in chopped sphagnum moss, oak leaves or peat moss.
pubs.caes.uga.edu /caespubs/pubcd/B737-w.htm   (4522 words)

  
 New England Wild Flower Society Seed Catalog 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hairy lip fern is wonderful in the rock garden or as an accent among bearberry and pussytoes.
Log fern is a natural hybrid between Goldie's fern and southern wood fern.
Growing in wooded swamps, the crested wood fern is recognizable by its vertical frond orientation and the horizontal arrangement of the leaflets.
www.newfs.org /seeds/seedcat06-36.htm   (226 words)

  
 Shenandoah National Park - Ferns (U.S. National Park Service)
Some species in the park such as the oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris), and the rusty cliff fern (Woodsia ilvensis) are adapted to high elevation habitats characteristic of more northern forests.
Other species such as the Virginia chain fern (Woodwardia virginica), and the hairy lip fern (Cheilanthes lanosa) are more characteristic of the southern states.
Wetland ferns such as the meter (three foot) tall interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana) can be viewed along the Limberlost trail, and at the base of the Stonyman nature trail.
www.nps.gov /shen/naturescience/ferns.htm   (391 words)

  
 Hardy Palm Trees and Ferns around DC: Ferns
The majority of these evergreen and perennial fern species are ones that I have personally found and some are ones that other aficionados have found or collected.
Most are not as big as the perennial ferns of the area, don't need as much water, and prefer acidic soil and/or limestone.
A spreading hardy fern that is similar to the Polypody but half it's size.
members.aol.com /palmferndc/ferns   (418 words)

  
 New and old lip-ferns of Oregon
One might as well ask, "Is the Pope Catholic?" Ferns are notorious for their propensity to develop "hybrid complexes," in which species cross-fertilize in multiple combinations and the hybrids establish true-breeding sexual or asexual populations.
Other Oregon ferns that may be involved in hybrid complexes include species of Asplenium, Cystopteris, Dryopteris, Gymnocarpium, and Woodsia.
The fact that particular species of ferns have originated through hybridization is usually not mentioned in standard floristic references, but an outstanding exception is the recently published Flora of North America, Volume 2 (1993).
www.oregonflora.org /ofn/v7n1/lip_ferns.html   (667 words)

  
 Fern Families
Illustration from Scandinavian Ferns by Benjamin Øllgaard and Kirsten Tind, Rhodos, 1993.
Oreopteris is a fern of the mountainous regions.
The indusium attached at the center (peltate) is characteristic of the genus.
www.hardyfernlibrary.com /ferns/listFerns.cfm   (3903 words)

  
 Pteridophytes of Wisconsin: Cheilanthes feei, slender lip fern
Pteridophytes of Wisconsin: Cheilanthes feei, slender lip fern
The sori of Cheilanthes feei are elongate and they are hidden under the inrolled margins of the blade segments.
It's distribution is mostly west and south of Wisconsin, and is limited mostly to the southwestern corner of the state, plus an area along the Mississippi River north to Pierce County.
www.uwgb.edu /biodiversity/herbarium/pteridophytes/chefee01.htm   (115 words)

  
 Botany Photo of the Day: Ferns Archives
Lip fern, or lace-lip fern, is native to western North America, from British Columbia south to California and east to Montana.
For this fern, it seems it grows in hilly or mountainous areas that are not subject to extreme heat or cold.
This is the Taiwanese variety of Oriental chain fern, collected in the mountainous forests of Taiwan by Dan Hinkley in 1999.
www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org /potd/ferns   (2000 words)

  
 Pteridophytes of Wisconsin: Cheilanthes lanosa, wooly lip fern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Pteridophytes of Wisconsin: Cheilanthes lanosa, wooly lip fern
The sori of Cheilanthes lanosa are elongate and they are hidden under the inrolled margins of the blade segments.
Woolly lip fern is known in Wisconsin from only one historical collection, in St. Croix County, far disjunct from the rest of its distribution which extends from eastern Nebraska and Texas, east across southern Illinois to New Jersey and south to Georgia.
www.uwgb.edu /biodiversity/herbarium/pteridophytes/chelan01.htm   (116 words)

  
 Lindheimers Lip Fern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Lindheimers Lip Fern is a member of the Fern Family.
It typically grows on dry slopes in rocky areas at elevations between 2000 and 8000 feet.
Lindheimers Lip Fern is also known as Fairy Sword.
www.toddshikingguide.com /FloraFauna/Flora91.htm   (55 words)

  
 lipski - NetSprint.pl - Słowniki - Wyniki wyszukiwania
bezczelność; pl lips usta; to kiss sb on the lips całować kogoś w usta; fig.
lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds
In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations.
www.netsprint.pl /serwis/dictionary?q=lipski   (607 words)

  
 Harpers Ferry National Historical Park - Ferns (U.S. National Park Service)
Woolly lip fern (Cheilanthes tomentosa) growing on rocks near Bull Falls.
Almost anywhere you visit in the park will have various fern species to observe since they occupy a wide variety of habitats.
On the rock ledges and crevices of outcrops, woolly lip fern (Cheilanthes tomentosa), the locally rare lobed spleenwort (Asplenium pinnatifidum), and the common polypody (Polypodium virginianum) are likely to be found.
www.nps.gov /hafe/naturescience/ferns.htm   (172 words)

  
 Checklist of Growing Ferns in Big Bend, Wisconsin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Here are several fern checklists obtained from observations that we have made in our studio garden and other Wisconsin botanical collections.
It is assumed that the fern died and is not a good candidate for USDA Zone 5 gardens.
This observation does not predict whether the fern will overwinter, it still could decline and die.
www.krischanphoto.com /gardens/fern/checklist/checklist3.htm   (461 words)

  
 NEWFS Nursery Catalog 2005
A sterile hybrid from the lady/painted fern group.
Eastern US Log fern is a natural hybrid between Goldie's fern and southern wood fern.
A beautiful natural hybrid between Goldie's Fern and Crested Wood Fern with tall narrow semi-evergreen fronds.
www.newfs.org /nurscat05/05-59.htm   (178 words)

  
 Alpine Water Fern = Blechnum penna-marina
This file allows you to look up a common name for a fern and get a matching scientific name.
The list is matched to the Fern Catalog, so it is in no way a complete listing.
Please note that two of the problems associated with common names are (1) the same fern can have multiple common names and (2) multiple ferns can have the same common name.
www.sdfern.com /common.htm   (186 words)

  
 Hardy Palm Trees and Ferns around DC: Hairy Lip Fern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hardy Palm Trees and Ferns around DC: Hairy Lip Fern
This oddly named fern is dark green with rust colored stems.
I've only seen it growing wild on sloping shale outcrops in Star Tannery, W. Click photo to view larger size:
members.aol.com /palmferndc/ferns/hairy-lipfern.html   (83 words)

  
 Ferns
This list was compiled by Jim Montgomery of Ecology III, Inc. in Berwick, PA.
He visited the hotel as part of a group led by Gene Wilhielm in 1996 and 1997, collecting and studying ferns and fern allies.
Not all of the species have English common names, and we do not have Mexican common names available
www.mexicohorse.com /Ferns.htm   (130 words)

  
 Plants of the Salmon Creek Watershed - Ferns and Fern Allies (Non-Flowering)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Plants of the Salmon Creek Watershed - Ferns and Fern Allies (Non-Flowering)
Photo: Indian's Dream Fern, Compiled by Darlene LaMont, Photographs by Darlene LaMont
PLANTS THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE SALMON CREEK WATERSHED
www.sonomawetlands.org /NEW_PLANTS/NEW_PLANTS_FERNS.htm   (43 words)

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