Fern learning: Lesson 2

On 20th Jan I wrote a bit about four ferns which you can hunt for at Filnore Woods. 


Bracken - the one with a central stalk,





Harts Tongue with rosettes of simple fronds,






Polypody where the fronds are "simply pinnate", which means just divided once - each leaflet of the frond is called a "pinna",






and Male Fern, where the fronds are bi-pinnate, which means divided and then divided again - each pinna is divided into "pinnules".




Today's new fern is the Broad Buckler Fern.  This one is "tri-pinnate", so each pinna is divided into pinnules and each pinnule is divided into "pinnulets".  Very feathery.