title: Ferns & Allies of the North Woods: A Handy Field Reference to All 86 of Our Ferns and Allies (Naturalist Series)
author: Joe Walewski
description: <b>Joe Walewski</b> is the Director of Naturalist Training at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minnesota. He earned a B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology from Iowa State University and a M.Ed. in Environmental Education from the University of Minnesota Duluth. When away from work, Joe finds plenty to do helping his wife, Lori, in the garden and banding birds (especially hummingbirds). He enjoys rambling and exploring outdoors with his daughter, Jenny. Joe continually strives to reduce his ecological footprint. In an effort to reduce his contribution of global warming gasses, Joe commutes to work by foot, bike, or ski at least fifty percent of the time.
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  # The Fern Lover's Companion
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### George Henry Tilton
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page copyright © 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
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  DEDICATION
  
  
  PREFACE
  
  
  INTRODUCTION
  
  
  KEY TO THE GENERA
  
  
  DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE FERNS
  
  
  THE FERN FAMILY PROPER OR REAL FERNS
  
  
  THE BRACKEN GROUP
  
  
  THE LADY FERN AND ITS KIN
  
  
  HART'S TONGUE
  
  
  THE SHIELD FERNS
  
  
  THE MARSH FERN TRIBE
  
  
  THE BEECH FERNS
  
  
  THE FRAGRANT FERN
  
  
  KEY TO THE WOOD FERNS
  
  
  THE BLADDER FERNS. Cystopteris
  
  
  KEY TO THE WOODSIAS
  
  
  THE WOODSIAS
  
  
  DENNSTAEDTIA. Dicksonia
  
  
  THE SENSITIVE AND OSTRICH FERNS
  
  
  III
  
  
  IV
  
  
  KEY TO THE GRAPE FERNS
  
  
  V
  
  
  NOTED FERN AUTHORS
  
  
  FERN LITERATURE
  
  
  TIMES OF THE FRUITING OF FERNS
  
  
  NOTE
  
  
  CHECK LIST OF THE FERNS OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      The Fern Lover's Companion
  
  
  A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
  
  
  
  
      
  
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