Woodwardia areolata gallery

Netted Chain Fern Gallery

Netted chain fern colony
Adult sterile frond
MA
by Maria Pavlova on 10/08/2011
Sterile & fertile fronds

The green fertile fronds are producing spores for dispersal. The sterile fronds are done photosynthesizing and are fading. The sterile frond can be mistaken for a Sensitive fern because of their similarities in shape.

Lansford (Carbon Co)
by Pap Knauss on 10/22/2022
Plant form & habitat
Sterile leaf underside

Veins on the underside of sterile frond are netted.

Lansford (Carbon Co)
by Pap Knauss on 10/22/2022
Underside of fertile frond

Sori arrangement is chain-like

Lansford (Carbon Co)
by Pap Knauss on 10/22/2022
Sori detail
Fertile fronds

Developing spores that will soon be dispersed

Lansford (Carbon Co)
by Pap Knauss on 10/22/2022