WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND FERNS 



It is abundant in many of our northern woods and 

 on the rocky banks of streams. Its shape is notice- 

 ably triangular, the triangle being longer than 

 broad. Its texture is rather soft and downy. The 

 lowest pair of pinnae stand 

 forward and are conspicu- 

 ously deflexed, giving an easy 

 clew to the plant's identity. 



The most attractive mem- 

 ber of the group to my mind 

 is the Oak Fern. I find it 

 growing abundantly in the 

 cedar swamps and wet woods 

 of somewhat northern locali- 

 ties. Its delicate, spreading, 



three - branched from 

 suggests that of a 

 young Brake. This plant is pecul- 

 iarly dainty in the early summer, as fre- 

 quently later in the year it becomes 

 blotched and disfigured. 

 The Broad Beech Fern seeks drier neighbor- 

 hoods, and often a more southern locality than its 

 two kinsmen. Its triangular fronds, broader than 



