Skip to Main Content
-
Ferns of the Blue Ridge
Author(s): Arnold Krochmal; Connie Krochmal
Date: 1979
Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-15. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.
Publication Series: General Technical Report (GTR)
Station: Southeastern Forest Experiment Station
PDF: Download Publication (991 KB)Description
The forests and open fields of the Blue Ridge provide ideal growing conditions for a number of ferns. Since some of these are evergreen, ferns can be seen in the area during every month of the year. Ferns are old members of the plant kingdom, and fossil ancestors are common in slate, shale, and coal. All ferns belong to the Pteridophytes, a group that also includes mosses, horsetails, and quillworts. These plants do not produce flowers or seeds; they reproduce by means of spores.Publication Notes
- You may send email to pubrequest@fs.fed.us to request a hard copy of this publication.
- (Please specify exactly which publication you are requesting and your mailing address.)
- We recommend that you also print this page and attach it to the printout of the article, to retain the full citation information.
- This article was written and prepared by U.S. Government employees on official time, and is therefore in the public domain.
Citation
Krochmal, Arnold; Krochmal, Connie. 1979. Ferns of the Blue Ridge. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-15. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.Keywords
fernsRelated Search
- The shifting influence of abiotic drivers during landslide succession in Puerto Rico
- Reforestation trials and secondary succession with three levels of overstory shade in the Grand Fir Mosaic ecosystem
- The effect of nitrogen additions on bracken fern and its insect herbivores at sites with high and low atmospheric pollution
XML: View XML
Show More
Show Fewer
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/1231