1-12 Schizaeaceae, climbing fern family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

native ferns, Pteridophyte, Schizaea, curly-grass fern

Abstract

Family is mostly tropical in distribution, with a single elusive species found in the Maritimes. Hardly resembling a fern, there are both sterile and fertile fronds. The sterile frond is much reduced to a threadlike green blade, so narrow they usually coil at the base of the plant. Fertile fronds rise above the base on slender stipes, with the comb-shaped sporangia at the top. Nova Scotia has one elusive species. Photo use donated by David Mazerolle.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor