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Web sites

Fern ID: the Ferns Identifier for the British Isles
http://www.fernid.info

Checklist of World Ferns
http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/

Societies

British Pteridological Society
c/o Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
https://www.ebps.org.uk

Botanical Society of the British Isles
https://www.bsbi.org

American Fern Society
https://www.amerfernsoc.org

The Hardy Fern Foundation
http://www.hardyferns.org

Books

Guides to British and Irish pteridophytes:

Hutchinson, B and Thomas, B.A.: Welsh Ferns. National Museums and Galleries of Wales. 7th edition, 1996. ISBN 0720004357

Jermy, A. Clive and Camus, Josephine: The Illustrated Field Guide to Ferns and Allied Plants of the British Isles. Natural History Museum, London 1991, reprinted for HMSO, 1993. ISBN 0113100094. [out of print]

Merryweather, James: The Fern Guide. AIDGAP publication of the Field Studies Council. 3rd edition, 2007. ISBN 9781851532285

Page, Christopher N.: The Ferns of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. 2nd edition, 1997. ISBN 0521586585 (paperback); ISBN 0521583802 (hardback)

Wardlaw, A.C and Leonard, A (editors): New Atlas of Ferns & Allied Plants of Britain & Ireland. British Pteridological Society Special Publications no.8, 2005. ISBN 0950980676.

Guides to Botany of Britain and Ireland containing substantial information on pteridophytes:

Blamey, Marjorie, Fitter, Richard and Fitter, Alastair: Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland. A and C Black, 2003. ISBN 0713659440

Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G., [Warburg, E.F.] and Moore, D.M.: Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. 3rd Edition, 1987

Fitter, Richard, Fitter, Alastair and Fasser, Ann (illus.): Collins Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe. Harper Collins, 1984. ISBN 0002191369

Frey, W., Frahm, J-P., Fischer, E. and Lobin, W.: The Liverworts, Mosses and Ferns of Europe (English edition, revised and edited by T.L.Blockeel). Harley Books, 2006. ISBN 0946589704

Phillips, Roger, and Grant, Sheila: Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. Pan, 1980. ISBN 0330259598

Preston, C.D., Pearman, D.A. and Dines, T.D. (editors): New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0198510675

Rose, Francis: Colour Identification Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and Northern Europe. Viking, 1989. ISBN 0670806889

Stace, C.: New Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. 2nd edition, 1997. ISBN 0521589335

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burgess, N.A., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. and Webb, D.A. (editors): Flora Europaea, Volume I: Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge University Press 1964. ISBN 0521066611

Natural history of pteridophytes:

Camus Josephine, Jermy A.Clive and Thomas B.A.: World of Ferns. Natural History Museum publications, London Paperback 1991, hardback 1992. ISBN 0 565 01120 0 (paperback); ISBN 0565011286 (hardback)

Dyce, J.W.: Fern Names and their Meanings. British Pteridological Society special publication no.2, 1988. ISBN 0950980617

Moran, Robbin C. and Sacks, Oliver: A Natural History of Ferns. Timber Press, oregon 2004. ISBN 0881926671

Page, Christopher N.: Ferns. Collins New Naturalist Series, 1988. ISBN 0002193833 (hardback); ISBN 0002193825 (paperback)

Cultivation of pteridophytes and pteridophytes in cultivation:

B.P.S. Where to See Ferns, a guide to fern gardens, collections & nurseries. British Pteridological Society, London, 1992

Dyce, J.W.: The Cultivation and Propagation of British Ferns. British Pteridological Society special publication no.3, 1991

Dyce, J.W.: Polystichum Cultivars. British Pteridological Society special publication no.7, 2005 (edited and expanded by Robert Sykes and Martin Rickard)

Hoshizaki, Barbara Joe and Moran, Robbin C.: Fern Grower’s Manual. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2002 (revised and expanded edition). ISBN 0-88192-495-4

Mickel, John T.: Ferns for American Gardens. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2003. ISBN 0-88192-598-5 (paperback)

Olsen, Sue.: Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2007. ISBN 978-0-88192-819-8

Rickard, Martin.: The Plantfinder’s Guide to Garden Ferns. David & Charles / Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2000. Paperback edition, 2002. ISBN 071530806 8 (UK hardback); 0715313566 (UK paperback); 0-88192-476-8 (US hardback); 0-88192-567-5 (US paperback)

Rickard, Martin.: Gardening with Ferns. David and Charles, 2005. ISBN 0-7153-1730-X

Dealers in botanical books

Summerfield Books
The Arches, Main Street, Brough, Cumbria CA17 4AX
Tel: 017683 41577; fax: 017683 41687
www.summerfieldbooks.com

Where to buy ferns

Fancy Fronds
Judith Jones, P.O.Box 1090, Gold Bar, Washington 98251, USA
www.fancyfronds.com

Fernatix
Honington, Suffolk IP31 1QY
E-mail: mail@fernatix.co.uk
www.fernatix.co.uk

Fibrex Nurseries
Honeybourne Road, Pebworth, nr. Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 8XP
Tel: 01789 720788; fax: 01789 721162
www.fibrex.co.uk

Long Acre Plants
Charlton Musgrove, Somerset BA9 8EX
www.longacreplants.co.uk

R.N.Timm - Hardy Ferns
The Fern Nursery, Grimsby Road, Binbrook, Linconshire, LN3 6DH
Tel: 01472 398092; e-mail: richard@timm984.fsnet.co.uk
www.fernnursery.co.uk