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Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina: Native Newman's lady-fern Athyrium flexile: Native Dickie's bladder-fern Cystopteris dickieana: Native Brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis: Native Mountain bladder-fern Cystopteris montana: Native Oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris: Native Limestone fern Gymnocarpium robertianum: Native Ostrich fern ...
Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological Society (RES). The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional information.
The text was a scientific description of all the varieties of ferns found in the British Isles. The author of this work was the botanist Thomas Moore , the editor was John Lindley . The book was released at a time of so-called " pteridomania " in Britain. [ 1 ]
Athyrium filix-femina, the lady fern or common lady-fern, is a large, feathery species of fern native to temperate Asia, Europe, North Africa, Canada and the US. [1] It is often abundant (one of the more common ferns) in damp, shady woodland environments and is often grown for decoration.
The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false The author died in 1888, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .
Vandenboschia speciosa, synonym Trichomanes speciosum, [2] commonly known as the Killarney fern, [3] is a species of fern found widely in Western Europe.It is most abundant in Ireland, Great Britain, Brittany, Galicia, Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores, but is also found in other locations including France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. [4]
A selection of Observer's Books including the first in the series, British Birds (1937), showing the wavy line pattern on the dustjackets The Observer's Books are a series of small, pocket-sized books, published by Frederick Warne & Co in the United Kingdom from 1937 to 2003.
Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white, or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface.