Keith Smith 🪴🔭💻
@fernleaf07.bsky.social
Fern enthusiast, occasional astronomer, writer of software that runs machines (firmware)
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Westport Astronomical Society
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https://www.youtube.com/@fernleaf07
Westport Astronomical Society
https://was-ct.org
"We have the receipt of fern-seed, we walk invisible." - Henry IV, Part 1 (Act 2, Scene 1), Shakespeare
How ferns reproduced was a mystery. No seeds were ever found. Ferns must have magical properties.
How ferns reproduced was a mystery. No seeds were ever found. Ferns must have magical properties.
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"We have the receipt of fern-seed, we walk invisible." - Henry IV, Part 1 (Act 2, Scene 1), Shakespeare
How ferns reproduced was a mystery. No seeds were ever found. Ferns must have magical properties.
How ferns reproduced was a mystery. No seeds were ever found. Ferns must have magical properties.
A few pages in a new book, 'Ferns', published 2025, talks about the Lady Gaga fern along with a full page illustration. A great book on other ferns too. 😀
Illustrations are gooorgeoussss!!
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Illustrations are gooorgeoussss!!
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Shameless self-promotion continues...🙃 You might find this #fern book in your local bookstores! mailchi.mp/btiscience/f...
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A few pages in a new book, 'Ferns', published 2025, talks about the Lady Gaga fern along with a full page illustration. A great book on other ferns too. 😀
Illustrations are gooorgeoussss!!
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Illustrations are gooorgeoussss!!
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The description of Sensitive fern, Onocela sensibilis is correct.
It is a once-cut fern with a triangular frond. Sporangia appear on separate fertile stalks.
The picture shows what looks like Royal Fern, Osmunda spectabilis.
Royal fern is twice-cut, sporangia appearing at the tips of the frond.
It is a once-cut fern with a triangular frond. Sporangia appear on separate fertile stalks.
The picture shows what looks like Royal Fern, Osmunda spectabilis.
Royal fern is twice-cut, sporangia appearing at the tips of the frond.
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The description of Sensitive fern, Onocela sensibilis is correct.
It is a once-cut fern with a triangular frond. Sporangia appear on separate fertile stalks.
The picture shows what looks like Royal Fern, Osmunda spectabilis.
Royal fern is twice-cut, sporangia appearing at the tips of the frond.
It is a once-cut fern with a triangular frond. Sporangia appear on separate fertile stalks.
The picture shows what looks like Royal Fern, Osmunda spectabilis.
Royal fern is twice-cut, sporangia appearing at the tips of the frond.
A species of Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum sp. , no sure which one of several in Australia. Don't see many ferns from 'Down Under' here in New England. 😁
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A species of Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum sp. , no sure which one of several in Australia. Don't see many ferns from 'Down Under' here in New England. 😁
Great picture. It reminds me of the illustrations in the book "Ferns".
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November 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Great picture. It reminds me of the illustrations in the book "Ferns".
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New York Fern and Bracken can become monocultures too.
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
New York Fern and Bracken can become monocultures too.
Resurrection Fern, Pleurozopus polypodioides
It's an epiphyte that gets nutrients from rain and air. Doesn't hurt the tree.
It can lose a lot of water, seem dead, then when watered it comes alive, thus its name.
It's an epiphyte that gets nutrients from rain and air. Doesn't hurt the tree.
It can lose a lot of water, seem dead, then when watered it comes alive, thus its name.
October 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Resurrection Fern, Pleurozopus polypodioides
It's an epiphyte that gets nutrients from rain and air. Doesn't hurt the tree.
It can lose a lot of water, seem dead, then when watered it comes alive, thus its name.
It's an epiphyte that gets nutrients from rain and air. Doesn't hurt the tree.
It can lose a lot of water, seem dead, then when watered it comes alive, thus its name.
Southern maidenhair, Adiantum capillus-veneris
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Southern maidenhair, Adiantum capillus-veneris
Yarrow, Achillea species from the Aster family.
Possibly Noble Yarrow, Achillea nobilis
Possibly Noble Yarrow, Achillea nobilis
October 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Yarrow, Achillea species from the Aster family.
Possibly Noble Yarrow, Achillea nobilis
Possibly Noble Yarrow, Achillea nobilis
