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British Pteridological Society

@FernBPS

For fern enthusiasts! Maintained by people who are passionate about ferns and volunteer their time to share this with you.

 Great Britain and beyond
eBPS.org.uk
Joined October 2010
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Sarah Morris@Sarah_K_Morris26 Apr 2021
Looking forward to this talk about global patterns of #fern diversity featuring work done by @westo_fernnerd @frondley_fern & @MichaelSundue
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In 2 days: Our next Funk Lecture on Biogeography, with Michael Sundue: 'Using Large-Scale Integrative Analyses to Understand Global Patterns of Fern Diversity'. Join us if you can by registering at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… #FunkLecture #biogeography Wed April 28th, Noon EDT
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D M Wright@Mayfieldbirder22 Oct 2020
A hurrah of Hart’s Tongue for #fernfriday @FernBPS
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Ian Jeffrey@IanJeffrey1723 Oct 2020
It's #FernFriday which is like #wildflowerhour but better 😉 Two common wood ferns, Dryopteris dilata and D. filix-mas among autumn leaf litter in Sefton Meadows @FernBPS
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Image from Ian Jeffrey (@IanJeffrey17)
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Dani Ballesteros@daniballestb21 Oct 2020
Want to cryopreserve #fern #spores or #pollen? Here you have our recently published protocols link.springer.com/protocol/1… @KewScience @wakehurst_kew @SocietyCryobiol @AmerFernSoc @FernBPS @Kew_MSBUK @kewgardens @GlasgowBotanic

Cryopreservation of Fern Spores and Pollen

Fern spores and pollen are haploid plant germplasm of microscopic nature that can be used to regenerate full plants through germination (fern spores) or to fertilize seed-bearing plants through...

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Bryan Yorke@BryanYorke18 Oct 2020
I Love Arnside & Silverdale: Strange Polypodium interjectum found in Burton In ... PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS AT: arnsidesilverdale.blogspot.c…
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D M Wright@Mayfieldbirder16 Oct 2020
For #fernfriday as I walked home in the High Weald this week: Hard-fern Struthiopteris spicant and Polypody Polypodium vulgare in a lane edge looking just fine. @FernBPS
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Dr Richard Bate
@thenewgalaxy16 Oct 2020
16/10/20 Lancs - Not been on #twitter much the last week or so due to moving house, plus we have no internet or decent mobile reception at the new pad. We do however have lots more wildlife - here’s some #lichens and Polypody #ferns in our wall #fernfriday
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Friendless Churches@friendschurches13 Oct 2020
Garretts also manufactured Watsonian Patent Fern Bricks. Patented by a doctor in 1859, these bricks were designed for planting ferns and mosses, to be hung on their own, built into walls, or even placed indoors on a table. 📸 Fernery, Newstead Abbey, Notts © Alan Murray-Rust 5/5
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Brian Laney@BrianLaney213 Oct 2020
Replying to @FernBPS
@FernBPS @BSBIbotany Recording plants in grounds of a garden centre here in Northants in the rain i crawled under a load of benches to find an alien fern species naturalised amongst lots of Harts tongue at base of outside of greenhouse wall. Im not sure of the species.
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Jamie warren@Jamiewa5004238712 Oct 2020
Common polypody (POLYPODIUM VULGARE) at kingscote church this afternoon @FernBPS @BSBIbotany – at Stonehouse, England
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Image from Jamie warren (@Jamiewa50042387)
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Suzanne Coleman@SuColeman9 Oct 2020
Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) @BodnantGardenNT for #FernFriday @FernBPS @Love_plants
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Great to see so much media coverage in past 24 hours about one tiny rare fern who travelled from tropical cloud-forest to Killarney, was found by @NimbosaEcology, IDd by Fred Rumsey @NHM_Botany, pub'd in #BritishandIrishBotany. All the links are here: bit.ly/34pWUN8
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Image from BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (@BSBIbotany)
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Replying to @Clairefifi @michaelffay60
Check out our fern ID page bsbi.org/fern-identification with some free resources and links to @joshual951's online fern course (costs £5, sorry!) and to our sister society @FernBPS :-)

Fern identification

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MSU Herbarium@MSU_Herbarium1 Oct 2020
What the heck #Fernfriday, you're early! Although it's Thursday, tonight is a #FullMoon so here is a #specimen of #moonworts for your enjoyment. They're uncommon, strange, beautiful little plants.
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Image from MSU Herbarium (@MSU_Herbarium)
Image from MSU Herbarium (@MSU_Herbarium)
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La Planta del Mes de #Octubre es un helecho curioso, que vive asociado a hormigas. Éstas viven en las oquedades de su rizoma, y ellas se lo mantienen limpio. Es Myrmecopteris lomarioides, está en el invernadero de cristal. En nuestra web hay más información @malaga @FernBPS #fern
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Fibrex Nurseries@FibrexNurseries28 Sep 2020
We also do ferns, in case you didn’t know...#ferns 😍 here are Polypodium cambricum Jubilee, Polystichum setiferum plumosum multilobum, Polystichum setiferum Ray Smith & a combo of Adiantum venustum (Himalayan Maidenhair) & Woodwardia unigemmata (Giant Chain Fern)
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Image from Fibrex Nurseries (@FibrexNurseries)
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Jennifer Possley@JennPossley26 Sep 2020
Anemia adiantifolia spore collection. I got some good fertile fronds! Now i just have to sow them and wait patiently for several years. #ferns #waiting #pteridophyta
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Image from Jennifer Possley (@JennPossley)
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Jamie warren@Jamiewa5004238725 Sep 2020
Always nice to see filmys, Wilsons Filmy Fern (HYMENOPHYLLUM WILSONii) on Cwm Idwal yesterday @FernBPS @BSBIbotany – at Wales, United Kingdom
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Image from Jamie warren (@Jamiewa50042387)
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Ashley Basil@Basil_Labels25 Sep 2020
Ferns from spores, now what do I do with them? #Fernfriday @FernBPS
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The Gardens Trust@thegardenstrust21 Sep 2020
An #unforgettablegarden with a difference #Danesbury Fernery in an old chalk pit near Danesbury Hospital 🏥#Welwyn #Herts. Created in the 1860's and once the 'best fernery in the Home Counties'! 🏆
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