Fern Hunting Schedule

Some seasons are best for hunting certain species. Some are ephemeral in the spring. Some are easiest to identify or even find when they are fertile. Evergreen plants stand out against a brown background in the fall. Some stand erect above a layer of snow.

March

April

fertile Equisetum arvense

May

Fragile

Long Beech

Oak

Maidenhair

Cinnamon

June

Moonworts, Rattlesnake

July

Wood fern spores

fertile Adders Tongue

Marsh ferns in dry vernal pools

August

September

October

Grape ferns

fertile Polypody

November

Wood ferns, hybrids

Christmas

Spleenworts

club-mosses

December

January

fertile Sensitive; Equistum hyemale

February

 

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