American Fern Society
@afs1893.bsky.social
We promote interest in the cultivation,conservation and study of Ferns and Lycophytes
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Osmunda claytoniana — the “Interrupted Fern,”. A living fossil over 200 million years strong!
📸 Chris Hoess
Osmunda claytoniana — the “Interrupted Fern,”. A living fossil over 200 million years strong!
📸 Chris Hoess
August 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#FernFriday #AFS
Osmunda claytoniana — the “Interrupted Fern,”. A living fossil over 200 million years strong!
📸 Chris Hoess
Osmunda claytoniana — the “Interrupted Fern,”. A living fossil over 200 million years strong!
📸 Chris Hoess
July 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Asplenium scolopendrium subsp. scolopendrium at Rock Run Mill, Susquehanna State Park, Maryland.
This diploid Eurasian taxon has naturalized locally, seen here with Woodsia obtusa in a mill wheelpit.
📷 Photo by Chris Hoess
#Asplenium #Pteridophytes #Botany2025
Asplenium scolopendrium subsp. scolopendrium at Rock Run Mill, Susquehanna State Park, Maryland.
This diploid Eurasian taxon has naturalized locally, seen here with Woodsia obtusa in a mill wheelpit.
📷 Photo by Chris Hoess
#Asplenium #Pteridophytes #Botany2025
May 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#FernFriday
Asplenium scolopendrium subsp. scolopendrium at Rock Run Mill, Susquehanna State Park, Maryland.
This diploid Eurasian taxon has naturalized locally, seen here with Woodsia obtusa in a mill wheelpit.
📷 Photo by Chris Hoess
#Asplenium #Pteridophytes #Botany2025
Asplenium scolopendrium subsp. scolopendrium at Rock Run Mill, Susquehanna State Park, Maryland.
This diploid Eurasian taxon has naturalized locally, seen here with Woodsia obtusa in a mill wheelpit.
📷 Photo by Chris Hoess
#Asplenium #Pteridophytes #Botany2025
Sceptridium dissectum (Ophioglossaceae) is a wintergreen fern native to eastern North America. Distinguished by its dissected trophophores.
Photo: Jacob Suissa
#Pteridology #Ophioglossaceae #AmericanFerns
#FernFriday
Photo: Jacob Suissa
#Pteridology #Ophioglossaceae #AmericanFerns
#FernFriday
May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Sceptridium dissectum (Ophioglossaceae) is a wintergreen fern native to eastern North America. Distinguished by its dissected trophophores.
Photo: Jacob Suissa
#Pteridology #Ophioglossaceae #AmericanFerns
#FernFriday
Photo: Jacob Suissa
#Pteridology #Ophioglossaceae #AmericanFerns
#FernFriday
#FernFriday
Alsophila dregei, African tree fern.
From misty montane forests to sunlit savannas, this species thrives where few tree ferns dare to grow
📸 Mwihaki John (MJ)
#FernsOfAfrica #FernFacts #AmericanFernSociety
Alsophila dregei, African tree fern.
From misty montane forests to sunlit savannas, this species thrives where few tree ferns dare to grow
📸 Mwihaki John (MJ)
#FernsOfAfrica #FernFacts #AmericanFernSociety
April 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#FernFriday
Alsophila dregei, African tree fern.
From misty montane forests to sunlit savannas, this species thrives where few tree ferns dare to grow
📸 Mwihaki John (MJ)
#FernsOfAfrica #FernFacts #AmericanFernSociety
Alsophila dregei, African tree fern.
From misty montane forests to sunlit savannas, this species thrives where few tree ferns dare to grow
📸 Mwihaki John (MJ)
#FernsOfAfrica #FernFacts #AmericanFernSociety
#FernFriday
Lygodium palmatum, the only temperate climbing fern in North America! Rare, beautiful, and uniquely palm-lobed.
📸: Jacob Suissa
#AmericanFerns #AFS #ClimbingFern #Lygodium
Lygodium palmatum, the only temperate climbing fern in North America! Rare, beautiful, and uniquely palm-lobed.
📸: Jacob Suissa
#AmericanFerns #AFS #ClimbingFern #Lygodium
April 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#FernFriday
Lygodium palmatum, the only temperate climbing fern in North America! Rare, beautiful, and uniquely palm-lobed.
📸: Jacob Suissa
#AmericanFerns #AFS #ClimbingFern #Lygodium
Lygodium palmatum, the only temperate climbing fern in North America! Rare, beautiful, and uniquely palm-lobed.
📸: Jacob Suissa
#AmericanFerns #AFS #ClimbingFern #Lygodium