An easy to use field guide to the ferns that grow in the coastal counties of Virginia, N. and S. Carolina, and Georgia. Ferns are arranged for quick identification, and contains detailed illustrations that highlight distinctive features of each species. Every entry lists the states where a particular fern has been found, its family and both the Latin and common names. Gives the readers a look at the often forgotten side of ferns, their folklore, legends and uses. Such beliefs as taking a bite of the season1s first fern to prevent toothaches or unlocking doors with the mysterious fern 3seed,2 all give the reader a glimpse of the multidimensional aspects of these fascinating plants.

The plants are arranged in the book by flower color (white, yellow, orange, red, pink, blue, violet, green, brown), indicated by a colored rectangle on the upper edge of the page. The grasses and grass-like plants (tan rectangle) are in the last section of the book. Within each color group the plants are arranged alphabetically by families. Photographs on each page show the most prominent feature of each plant, usually the flower. --Amazon.

This is the first field guide in 25 years to treat Florida's amazing variety of ferns. Color plates feature more than 200 images, some of which include rare species never before illustrated in color. Includes notes on each species growth form and habit, as well as general remarks about its botanical and common names, unique characteristics, garden use, and history in Florida. All professional or amateur botanists, plant lovers, and gardeners will want this important book in their libraries.

Incorporating over thirty years of field sightings with recent scientific advances, Lloyd Snyder and James Bruce present a complete illustrated guide--with descriptions, distribution maps, identification keys, and name derivations--to the more than one hundred species of ferns and fern allies to be found in Georgia. A basic source of the professional botanist, this guide should also prove useful to naturalists, conservationists, garden-club members, and hikers.

What makes a true garden out of a collection of flowering plants are the ferns, mosses, and grasses that are the verdant canvas on which nature paints its portraits. With this new volume, award-winning author Cullina completes the set of stunning books on native North American plants for the garden, 320 pp.

A quarterly devoted to ferns.