The distinctive gnarled moss and fern covered oaks in Wistman's Wood, near Princetown, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Glistening Bracken and Beech in autumn with their attractively coloured leaves at Woodbury Castle, near Exmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Heavily frosted bracken on the heathland of Woodbury Common, near Exmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Circles in moss amongst the distinctive gnarled moss and fern covered oaks in Wistman's Wood, near Princetown, Devon England, United Kingdom, Europe

Heavy fog, Beeches with bracken in autumn with their attractively coloured leaves at Woodbury Castle, near Exmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bracken fern, pteridium aquilinum, valley, olympic national park, washington

Hard fern

Fern uncurling (Dryopteris sp). Dixcart Woods, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK

Stag beetle (Sinodendron cylindricum) on bracken frond (Pteridium aquilinum), UK

Broad buckler fern

Madeira, Portugal

Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) abstract, UK

Rose Chafer Beetle (Cetonia aurata). Sark, British Channel Islands, UK

Views from Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Bracken frond (Pteridium aquilinum) emerging in spring, UK

Bracken frond (Pteridium aquilinum) emerging in spring, UK

Welsh stone wall and autumnal bracken, UK.

Fern uncurling (Dryopteris sp). Dixcart Woods, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK

Bracken frond (Pteridium aquilinum) emerging in spring, UK

Views from Funchal, Madeira, Portugal