Fern in a London garden, England, United Kingdom

Scaly male fern unfurling in spring, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Parsley fern (Cryptogramma crispa) growing amongst slate, Aberfoyle, Scotland, UK

Broad buckler fern (Dryopteris), close up

Hard fern (Blechnum spicant), close up

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

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

Rain forest in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA

Trunks and ferns in cloud forest, Madeira, Portugal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Common Polypody (Polypodium vulgare), frosted

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

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

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

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

They found it: the Polystichum fern, whose species remains to be verified. This fern was spotted and described in 1979, but has never been seen since. Surroundings of Lac d'Armor, Grande Terre, Kerguelen archipelago.

Sail-fin Dragon on fern leaves- Singapore Zoo

Falkland thrush on ferns, Falkland Islands

Red deer in the ferns, Boutissaint Burgundy France

Goldcrest in ferns in autumn, Alsace France