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Athyrium alpestre var. americanum
Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum
Cystopteris bulbifera
Cystopteris fragilis
Cystopteris laurentiana
Cystopteris montana
Dryopteris campyloptera "flat form"
Dryopteris campyloptera "curly form"
Dryopteris campyloptera x D. intermedia
Dryopteris carthusiana
Dryopteris cristata
Dryopteris expansa
Dryopteris filix-mas
Dryopteris fragrans
Dryopteris intermedia
Dryopteris marginalis
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Gymnocarpium robertianum
Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica
Onoclea sensibilis
Polystichum braunii
Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum scopulinum
Woodsia alpina
Woodsia glabella
Woodsia ilvensis
Woodsia sp.

Athyrium alpestre (Hoppe) Rylands ex T. Moore var. americanum Butters  -  Alpine Lady Fern - [NF - RARE, LAB]

Mealy Mountains, Labrador. Alpine tundra. July 30-31, 2001. [Transparencies - Doug Anions (#1), Marilyn Anions (#2)]

Whole Plants
Plants in Habitat

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Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ex Mertens var. angustum (Willd.) G. Lawson  -  Northern Lady Fern - [NF, LAB]

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. East Coast Trail. Open woods. June 8, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Extreme Closeup
Frond, Closeup
Whole Plant in Habitat
Whole Plants in Habitat

St. John's, Newfoundland. Oxen Pond. Memorial University Botanic Park. Clearing in coniferous woods. October 7, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sori
Sori

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Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.  -  Bulblet Bladder Fern - [NF - RARE]

Cap St. George, Newfoundland. Garden Hill. Limestone barrens. July 19, 1999. [Transparencies - René Charest]

Tip of Frond, Closeup, Showing Bulblets
Tip of Frond, Showing Bulblets

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Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh.  -  Fragile Fern, Brittle Bladder Fern - [NF, LAB]

L'Anse-Amour, Labrador. Scree slope below cliff, just past village. Limestone area. July 10, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

Raleigh, Newfoundland. Aunt Martha's Hill [Piton Point], north of main town. Limestone cliffs and scree, on seaward side of point. July 15, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup, Underside
Whole Plants
Whole Plants

Tilt Cove, Newfoundland. Cliff ledge near town. July 20, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sori
Frond
Mature Fronds
Young Fronds

Raleigh, Newfoundland. Aunt Martha's Hill [Piton Point], north of main town. Limestone cliffs and scree, on seaward side of point. July 22, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

Roger's Cove, Cobb's Arm, Newfoundland. Base of limestone cliff. July 27, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond

Cow Head Headland, Newfoundland. High ground. Limestone outcrop near trail. August 12, 2004. [Digital - Pat/Dan Montegue]

Whole Plants

Cataracts Provincial Park, west of Colinet, Newfoundland. Wet cliff in gorge. August 12, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Young Fronds

Manuels River, Newfoundland. Shaley cliff above lower section of river. September 15, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Underside
Frond, Underside
Whole Plant
Whole Plants, in Habitat
Whole Plants, in Habitat
Whole Plants, in Habitat

Cataracts Provincial Park, west of Colinet, Newfoundland. Wet cliff in gorge. September 20, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond

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Cystopteris laurentiana (Weath.) Blasdell  -  Laurentian Fragile Fern - [NF - RARE]

Flowers Cove, Newfoundland. Middle "White Rocks"*. July 10, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Cystopteris laurentiana - Chasm Flora
Salix vestita, Cystopteris laurentiana, Mitella nuda - Chasm Flora
Salix vestita, Cystopteris laurentiana, Mitella nuda - Chasm Flora
Cystopteris laurentiana, Ribes lacustre - Chasm Flora
Cystopteris laurentiana, Mitella nuda - Chasm Flora
Cystopteris laurentiana, Mitella nuda - Chasm Flora

Cow Head Headland, Newfoundland. Undercut (by ancient wave-action) limestone cliff in coniferous woods. July 18, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond Tip, Underside, Closeup
Frond Tip, Underside
Frond, Underside
Frond, Underside
Frond, Underside
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plants in Habitat
Whole Plants in Habitat

Cow Head Headland, Newfoundland. Undercut (by ancient wave-action) limestone cliff in coniferous woods. July 23, 2005. [Digital - Pat/Dan Montegue]

Whole Plants
Whole Plants

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Cystopteris montana (Lamarck) Bernhardi ex Desvaux  -  Mountain Bladder Fern - [NF - RARE, LAB]

Yankee Point, Newfoundland. Under lowest boughs of stunted conifers. July 18, 2008. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup
Frond, Closeup
Frond, Closeup
Frond, Closeup
Frond, Closeup
Frond Typical triangular aspect
Frond
Frond
Frond
Frond
Frond, 3/4 View
Frond, Side View
Sori
Sori
Sori
Sori
Sori
Sori
Frond, Underside, with Sori
Habitat, Plants under boughs to right of centre
Habitat, Longer View

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Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson ["flat form"]  -  Mountain Woodfern, Spreading Shieldfern - [NF, LAB]

Pouch Cove to Shoe Cove section of the East Coast Trail, Newfoundland. Thick coniferous woods. June 8, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup

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Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson ["curly form"]  -  Mountain Woodfern, Spreading Shieldfern - [NF, LAB]

Pouch Cove to Shoe Cove section of the East Coast Trail, Newfoundland. Thick coniferous woods. August 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Fronds
Whole Frond
Frond Detail
Frond Detail
Frond Detail
Frond Detail
Closeup of Fruiting Bodies
Extreme Closeup of Fruiting Bodies

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Dryopteris cf. campyloptera x D. intermedia  -  [Hybrid Woodfern] - [NF]

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Meetinghouse Road Blueberry Road. High barren ridges. Chasms within bedrock. September 4, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond Base, Closeup [Note short glandular hairs on central rachis]
Frond Base, Closeup
Frond Base [Lower, inner pinnules a bit longer than next outer ones]
Frond Base
Frond Base
Frond Base
Frond Tip
Frond
Fronds
Whole Plants, in Habitat
Whole Plants, in Habitat

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Dryopteris expansa (C. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy  -  Northern Woodfern - [NF, LAB]

Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Gully Trail. Open woods. July 11, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Lower Pinnae
Lower Pinnae
Pinnules
Pinnules, Underside
Frond

Northern Peninsula Highway, near New Ferrole Junction, Newfoundland. Tucker's Cottages. Coniferous woods. July 12, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup
Frond, Closeup
Whole Frond

About 138.5 km west of Paradise River Junction, Labrador. Coniferous woods. August 3, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

Pouch Cove to Shoe Cove section of the East Coast Trail, Newfoundland. Thick coniferous woods. August 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Fronds
Frond Details
Closeup of Fruiting Bodies
Extreme Closeup of Fruiting Bodies

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Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott  -  Male Fern - [NF]

Barr'd Harbour Hill, Highlands of St. John, Newfoundland. Mature woods. July 12-13, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Extreme Closeup, Top
Frond, Closeup, Top
Frond, Closeup, Top
Frond, Closeup, Top
Fruiting Pinnae
Fruiting Pinnae
Fruiting Pinnae
Base of Stems
Whole Plant, Top View

Marble Mountain, Newfoundland. Beaver Pond Trail. Mixed woods. July 17, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sori, Closeup
Whole Plants in Habitat

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Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott  -  Fragrant Woodfern - [NF, LAB]

Tilt Cove, Newfoundland. Under large boulders and amongst boulder rubble. Bouldery scree on lefthand hillside towards harbour. July 20, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sori
Sori
Fronds
Fronds
Fronds
Fronds
Fronds
Old Dead Fronds
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

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Dryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A. Gray  -  Evergreen Woodfern - [NF]

Northern Peninsula Highway, near New Ferrole Junction, Newfoundland. Tucker's Cottages. Coniferous woods. July 1, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup
Frond, Closeup

Gambo, Newfoundland. David Smallwood Park. River trail. Coniferous woods. July 22, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Basal Pinnae
Frond, Lower Portion
Whole Plants

Whitbourne *, Newfoundland. Sir Robert Bond Estate, July 27, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Frond
Whole Fronds

St. John's, Newfoundland. Oxen Pond Botanic Park. Coniferous woods. October 7, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Rachis, Closeup
Rachis
Base of Frond
Frond
Frond

Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. Lighthouse Road. Coniferous woods. November 12, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Base of Frond
Base of Frond
Frond

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Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman  -  Common Oak Fern - [NF, LAB]

Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland. Lomond River Trail. Open, mixed woods. July 23, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond
Frond, Underside

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Gymnocarpium robertianum (Hoffm.) Newman  -  Limestone Oak Fern - [NF - RARE]

Table Mountain, Stephenville area, Newfoundland. Limestone barrens. July 13, 1999. [Transparencies - René Charest]

Frond, Portion
Frond, Immature
Whole Plants in Habitat

Cap St. George, Newfoundland. Garden Hill. Limestone barrens. July 19, 1999. [Transparency - René Charest]

Frond

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Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro var. pensylvanica (Willd.) C. V. Morton  -  Ostrich Fern - [NF]

Mollichignick Brook, Grand Codroy River, Newfoundland. May 30, 2002. [Transparency - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Developing Fronds

Serpentine Lake, near mouth of Serpentine River, Newfoundland. Alder swamp. June 14, 1971. [Transparency - John Maunder]

Whole Plants in Habitat

Hughes Brook, Newfoundland. Trail to saltmarsh. Open mixed woods. July 19, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Extreme Closeup
Frond, Closeup, Top
Whole Plant

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Onoclea sensibilis L.  -  Sensitive Fern - [NF, LAB]

Grand Codroy River, Newfoundland. May 30, 2002. [Transparencies - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Developing Fronds
Developing Fronds

Portugal Cove, Newfoundland. Bauline Line. Three Island Pond Road. Edge of woods. Wet. June 4, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Developing Fronds
Developing Fronds
Fiddlehead, Closeup
Fiddlehead
Fiddlehead

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Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée  -  Braun's Hollyfern - [NF, ?LAB]

Barr'd Harbour Hill, Highlands of St. John, Newfoundland. Mixed woods. July 12, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sori
Fronds
Whole Plant

Pasadena, Newfoundland. Urban garden. July 17, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Base

Doctors Hill, Newfoundland. Mixed woods. August 30, 2005. [Digital - Claudia Hanel]

Whole Plant
Whole Plants

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Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth  -  Hollyfern - [NF]

Burnt Cape, Newfoundland. Southeast side. Below cliff near shore. Limestone area. July 6, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Closeup, Bottom, Sori
Frond, Closeup, Bottom
Frond, Closeup, Top
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

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Woodsia alpina (Bolton) S. F. Gray  -  Alpine Cliffbrake, Northern Woodsia- [NF - RARE, LAB]

Killdevil Mountain, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland. Cliff crevices. June 18, 1999. [Transparency - Marilyn Anions]

Whole Plant
Whole Plant in Habitat

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Woodsia glabella R.Br. ex Richardson in Franklin  -  Smooth Cliffbrake - [NF - RARE, LAB]

Table Mountain, Stephenville, Newfoundland. Alpine limestone heath. Cliff crevices. June 24, 1999. [Transparency - Marilyn Anions]

Whole Plant

Table Mountain, Stephenville, Newfoundland. Alpine limestone heath. Cliff crevices. July 16, 1999. [Transparency - René Charest]

Whole Plant

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Woodsia ilvensis (L.) R. Br.  -  Rusty Cliffbrake, Rusty Woodsia - [NF, LAB]

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Below mill and falls. Depressions and crevices in bedrock outcrops above river. May 29, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fronds
Fronds
Fronds
Fronds
Plants in Habitat

Barr'd Harbour Hill, Highlands of St. John, Newfoundland. Limestone outcrops and cliffs above treeline. Near Astragalus site. July 13, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plants

Cataracts Provincial Park, west of Colinet, Newfoundland. Damp, shady cliffs in river gorge. July 27, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant
Whole Plant in Cliff Habitat
Whole Fronds
Closeup of Fronds
Extreme Closeup of Top of Frond
Extreme Closeup of Both Top and Bottom of Fronds
Extreme Closeup of Both Top and Bottom of Fronds
Extreme Closeup of Both Top and Bottom of Fronds
Extreme Closeup of Both Top and Bottom of Fronds

Grand Falls, Newfoundland. River Trail, east of paper mill. On top of an erratic boulder. Open woods. July 28, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Undersite, Closeup
Frond, Undersite
Fronds
Frond
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plants in Habitat
Habitat

Rocky River, just west of Colinet, Newfoundland. Below highway bridge. Riverside cliffs above tidewater. August 26, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond, Underside, Closeup
Frond, Underside, Closeup
Frond, Underside, Closeup
Frond, Underside, Closeup
Rachis, Closeup
Frond
Frond
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plant
Whole Plants
Whole Plants

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Woodsia sp.? [cf. Woodsia oregana D. C. Eaton ssp. cathcartiana (B. L. Robinson) Windham ]  -  -

Cow Head Headland, Newfoundland. Trail to head. Limestone outcrop on high ground. June 28, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Frond
Whole Plant

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