Rubber ferns and Fishbone ferns grow on forest floor in Barron Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia

Fishbone ferns growing at base of Kauri Pine tree, Barron Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia

Fern in a London garden, England, United Kingdom

Beauchamp Falls, Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

Three spiral formed shoots of the Hart's-tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) in spring, medicinal plant

Old ruin, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland, Europe

Tree Ferns (Cyatheales), temperate rainforest, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Fraser Island, Great Sandy National Park, Queensland, Australia

Wooded Landscape with horsetail or snake-grass, Rondane National Park, Norway, Europe

Rain forest in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA

Fossils of a fern, 35-40 million years, on Longyearbreen Glacier, Longyeardalen, Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Trunks and ferns in cloud forest, Madeira, Portugal

Vegetation on Stromboli Island, Stromboli volcano, Aeolian or Lipari Islands, Sicily, South Italy, Italy, Europe

Central pond, Tropical Garden, Jardim Tropical Monte Palace, Jose Bernardo Foundation, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Europe

Waterfall in the Selketal valley in autumn, Harz mountain range, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Mooswaldmuehle mill, Black Forest mountain range, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Lady-fern (Athyrium) growing between the moss-covered trunk of an old Beech (Fagus) tree, ancient forest of Sababurg, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Tourists in the rain forest, Maits Rest Walk, Great Otway National Park, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

Common Polypody (Polypodium vulgare), frosted