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American Fern Society - http://amerfernsoc.org/
Information on the biology and cultivation of ferns; activities of the society including a spore exchange and publication of Fiddlehead Forum, American Fern Journal, and Pteridologia. |
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Introduction to the Ferns - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/pterophyta/pteridopsida.html
The ferns are an ancient lineage of plants, dating back to at least the Devonian. They include three living groups - Marattiales, Ophioglossales, and leptosporangiate ferns - as well as a couple of extinct groups. |
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Gallery of Connecticut Ferns - http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/ferns/
Photos and brief information indexed by common and scientific names. |
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Native Ferns for Cool Climates - http://www.anbg.gov.au/ferns/ferns.html
Information on the cultivation of Australian native ferns with a species list. |
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Fern Siam - http://www.fernsiam.com/
Images, taxonomic information, online forum, and other resources about ferns in Thailand. Mostly in Thai language, with some English. |
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British Ferns - http://delta-intkey.com/britfe/
The Delta database provides botanical descriptions of all species found in the British Isles. |
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Plant Diversity: Ferns in The Wet Tropics - http://www.wettropics.gov.au/pa/pa_ferns.html
Information and photographs of several ferns that grow in northern Australia. |
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Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland - http://rare-prints.com/ferns_main.htm
Small images of 39 antique prints by Thomas Moore, 1855. |
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Pterophyta - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/systematics/Phyla/Pterophyta/Pterophyta.html
Introduction to the systematics of the ferns, with family descriptions and images. |
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Leptosporangiate Ferns - http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Leptosporangiate_Ferns&contgroup=Filicopsida
Next to the flowering plants, the leptosporangiate ferns are the most diverse group of living land plants. Estimates place their diversity at about 12,000 species in around 300 genera. This page is part of the tree of life phylogeny project. |