A Field Guide to the Ferns of New England and Adjacent New York
Michael Burgess, author of A Field Guide to the Ferns of New England and Adjacent New York, has graciously allowed us to distribute this guide online via our website.
Michael wrote this guide while studying at Antioch New England University, in Keene, NH, where he received a Master of Science in Resource Management and Conservation. He is currently a graduate student in the Ecology and Environmental Science Ph.D. program at the University of Maine, Orono (http://ees.umaine.edu). Michael is researching the systematics and evolution of Amelanchier (Rosaceae). His studies will support the larger goal of monographing the genus. More details can be found at: http://biology.umaine.edu/Amelanchier/Home.html
We have split the Ferns guide up into sections under 10MB in size (the entire document is 57MB) so that it is more easily downloaded. You may download these sections of the guide below:
| Section | Pages | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section 0 | 1-34 | 2.06MB | including Table of Contents and introductory material such as taxonomic classification, descriptions of fern genera, and identification keys |
| Section 1 | 35-51 | 7.93MB | Adiantum pedatum Asplenium spp. |
| Section 2 | 52-69 | 7.91MB | Athyrium filix-femina Cheilanthes lanosa Cryptogramma stelleri Cystopteris spp. Dennstaedtia punctilobula Deparia acrostichoides Diplazium pycnocarpon |
| Section 3 | 70-87 | 7.76MB | Dryopteris spp. |
| Section 4 | 88-95 | 5.44MB | Gymnocarpium dryopteris Lygodium palmatum Matteuccia struthiopteris Onoclea sensibilis |
| Section 5 | 96-103 | 8.31MB | Osmunda spp. Pellaea atropurpurea |
| Section 6 | 104-115 | 8.87MB | Phegopteris spp. Polypodium spp. Polystichum spp. |
| Section 7 | 116-125 | 5.04MB | Pteridium aquilinum Schizaea pusilla Thelypteris spp. |
| Section 8 | 126-137 | 4.39MB | Woodsia spp. Woodwardia spp. |
| Section 9 | 138-155 | 0.26MB | End sections: Glossary Bibliography Index Photo credits Appendices |
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