 Crosier (a coiled young fern frond) of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 3, 2024
 Young leaf of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Pattern of a young leaf of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Malformed leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Irregularly grown leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Shoot of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Fiddleheads of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Fresh leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Uncurling leaf of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Young leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest west from Richards. Texas, April 9, 2019
 Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Fiddleheads of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest west from Richards. Texas, April 9, 2019
 Shoot of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest west from Richards. Texas, April 9, 2019
 Unfolding leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest west from Richards. Texas, April 9, 2019
 Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, April 2, 2019
 Young leaf of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) in Menkovo, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 4, 2014
 Young leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 12, 2009
 Fiddlehead of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) in Menkovo, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 4, 2014
 Fiddleheads of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) in Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 5, 2014
 Fiddlehead of bracken fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) blooming over bracken fern on road FS203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 Yellow leaves of bracken fern under pines on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) and bracken fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Sanguine purple coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) and bracken fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Green nymph of grasshopper on a dried leaf of bracken fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) with bracken fern at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Skunk in tail-high threat posture among bracken fern on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Bracken fern with a fallen flower of Carolina jessamine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
 Flower of Carolina jessamine fallen on bracken fern on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest east from Trail Head No.4. Texas, March 15, 2022
 Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) among bracken fern on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, June 22, 2021
 Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Clitocybula lacerata(?) mushrooms in a shallow ditch or depression near Forest Road 302, under bracken fern, in a pine forest, on partially burned ground after prescribed fire in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
 Close up of Clitocybula lacerata(?) mushrooms in a shallow ditch or depression near Forest Road 302, under bracken fern, in a pine forest, on partially burned ground after prescribed fire in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
 Clitocybula lacerata(?) mushrooms among pine needles in a shallow ditch or depression near Forest Road 302, under bracken fern, in a pine forest, on partially burned ground after prescribed fire in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
 Young plants of resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides) on a fallen oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 2, 2019
 Fall colors of bracken ferns (Pteridium aquilinum) at a road stop north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
 Fall colors of bracken ferns (Pteridium aquilinum) north from Komarovo, 25 miles west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 16, 2013
 Fallen trumpet of Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) on bracken fern on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 2, 2022
 Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Climbing fern and Canadian moonseed vine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 23, 2018
 Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
 Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
 Sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 1, 2019
 White resupinate polypore mushroom with embedded dry fern leaves on bark of a fallen pine branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
 Young reddish leaves of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Young leaves of hickory on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 30, 2019
 Ebony Spleenwort fern (Asplenium platyneuron) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 23, 2020
 Sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) in Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 20, 2022
 Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
 Japanese fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 2022
 Bracken Fern Trace(?) Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
 Leaf of climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 2022
 Back lit Japanese fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 2022
 Bead fern (Onoclea sensibilis) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 15, 2024
 Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2023
 19th century Huon Gulf tribal mask (New Guinea) made from coconut bast, fern, rattan in M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. San Francisco, California, March 16, 2024
 Leaf pattern of climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 2022
 Outgrowth on a leaf of climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 2022
 Leaf of climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) suffered from freeze(?) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, January 22, 2022
 Fertile fronds of bead fern (Onoclea sensibilis) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 15, 2024
 Common lady-fern (Athyrium filix-femina)(?) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 15, 2024
 Young leaves of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 Helically coiled conidia of corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) from underside of a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Curved leaves of bracken ferm with insect eggs on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Young leaves of sassafras on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 Some young back lit leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 Fairy inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus disseminatus) and resurrection fern with moss on a fallen oak on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Underside of a leaf of common lady-fern (Athyrium filix-femina)(?) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 15, 2024
 Common fern moss (Thuidium delicatulum) on an exposed steep side of a creek on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, February 22, 2020
 Helically coiled conidia and conidiophores (brown) of corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) from underside of a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Resurrection fern (Polypodium polypodioides) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 19, 2019
 Bead fern (Onoclea sensibilis) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 15, 2024
 Fertile fronds of bead fern (Onoclea sensibilis) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight collected on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 15, 2024
 Conidiophores (brown) and helically coiled conidia at low magnification of corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) from underside of a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
 Flower of Ruellia and resurrection fern on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 23, 2020
 Fern fiddleheads in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Leaf of resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Seedlings of climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
 Sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 22, 2018
 Seedling of climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
 Young oak leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Young red leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Red young leaves of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
 Arborvitae Fern (moss fern, Selaginella pallescens) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, September 1, 2012
 Back lit fern leaves in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 20, 2021
 Young leaves of sassafras on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Wrinkled young leaves of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Young leaves of sumac(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Young leaves of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Some young glossy leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Young orange leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Young leaves of sumac(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Young wrinkled leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Bead fern (Onoclea sensibilis) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, March 10, 2019
 Young leaf of a common fern in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, March 15, 2021
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