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We promote interest in the cultivation,conservation and study of Ferns and Lycophytes

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#FernFriday #AFS
Osmunda claytoniana — the “Interrupted Fern,”. A living fossil over 200 million years strong!

📸 Chris Hoess

22.08.2025 12:51 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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#AFS
##Botany2025
Visit us at the AFS booth and discover more about the fascinating world of ferns.

30.07.2025 17:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#Botany2025
#AFS
Come fern out with us at the American Fern Society booth!

29.07.2025 17:25 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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#AFS
#Botany2025

29.07.2025 00:56 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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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

23.05.2025 13:45 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Sceptridium dissectum (Ophioglossaceae) is a wintergreen fern native to eastern North America. Distinguished by its dissected trophophores.
Photo: Jacob Suissa
#Pteridology #Ophioglossaceae #AmericanFerns
#FernFriday

02.05.2025 13:48 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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#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

25.04.2025 14:25 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Lygodium palmatum, the only temperate climbing fern in North America! Rare, beautiful, and uniquely palm-lobed.
📸: Jacob Suissa
#AmericanFerns #AFS #ClimbingFern #Lygodium

18.04.2025 12:07 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0