BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Byfield, A., 2006

Victorian pteridomania - Britain's fern craze

The sad history of fern collecting in Britain.

Journal British Wildlife
Volume Volume 17 (6)
Page range 411-18

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

Adiantum capillus-veneris L. (Maidenhair Fern) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm. (Forked Spleenwort) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newman (Hart’s Tongue Fern) Identification Current Colour photographs of varieties.
Osmunda regalis L. (Royal Fern) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Oreopteris limbosperma (Bellardi ex All.) Holub (Lemon-scented Fern) Identification Current Colour photograph.
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth (Lady Fern) Identification Current Colour photograph of A. Felix-femina "Corymbiferum".
PTEROPSIDA (ferns) Background Reading Current

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