Explore Nature in
the Adirondack Mountains:
Volunteer Training: All About Ferns
Sunday, 22 June 2014
Ferns of the Adirondacks: Royal Fern on the Barnum Brook Trail; Ferns near the Heron Marsh Trail; Cinnamon Fern on the Boreal Life Trail
Join VIC naturalist Brian McAllister from 9:00 AM to noon for a training session on Adirondack ferns. Ferns seen along the VIC trails include:
| Cinnamon Fern | Bracken |
| Royal Fern | Interrupted Fern |
| Eastern Hay-scented Fern | Evergreen Woodfern |
| Spinulose Woodfern | Sensitive Fern |
| Ostrich Fern | New York Fern |
Sources of Information on Ferns
- Boughton Cobb, et. al. A Field Guide to Ferns and their Related Families. Northeastern and Central North America (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005).
- Meiyin Wu and Dennis Kalma. Wetland Plants of the Adirondacks: Ferns, Woody Plants, and Graminoids (Trafford Publishing, 2011).
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Database.
- Connecticut Botanical Society. Connecticut Ferns Database.
- The American Fern Society.
- United States Department of Agriculture. Plants Database.