Scenic Lawrence Brook - Plants : Ferns and Others

Sceneries

Landmarks

Aquatic	*Herbaceous*
*Trees and shrubs*
*Vines*	*Ferns and Others*
Invasives

Reminder of plant classification

Kingdom Division (=Phylum)

Plantae Anthocerotophyta (hornworts)

Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Briophyta (mosses)

Lycopodiophyta (club moss, ground pine,etc.)

Pteridophyta (ferns)

Magnoliophyta (flowering plants) (A)

Pinophyta (conifers) (G)

Ginkophyta (ginkos) (1 single species) (G)

Cycadophyta (cycads) (some look like palms of ferns) (G)

(G) Gymnosperms; (A) Angiosperms

Remaining green, its fronds can be used for Christmas decorations.

New York Fern (Thelypteris novaboracensis)

Sensitive Fern
(Onoclea sensibilis)

Bracken
(Pteridium aquilinum)

Lycopods

Ground Pine
(Lycopodium clavatum)

Groundpine [winter] (Lycopodium clavatum)

Unusual Angiosperms

Non chlorophyllian species within the order of Lamiales, parasite of beech roots

Beachdrops are parasites of beeches; they lack leaves and chlorophyll

Beechdrops
(Epifagus virginiana)