Adiantum pedatum 

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Cultivation of Cheilanthes species (with focus on Cheilanthes feei and Cheilanthes lanosa)

Hope Diamond and Lucinda Swatzell Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 lswatzell@semo.edu

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Student Listserv At Botany 2005, the students of the AFS / BSA Pteridological Section requested a mailing list set up to maintain communication among students. The list is open to all students interested in ferns, and will hopefully serve as a platform for getting in touch with other students, sending notification about fern forays, highlighting recent publications, etc. Anybody who knows a student that might be interested in such a list, feel free to inform them. To subscribe to the mailing list send an e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU In the body of this e-mail message include the phrase (without quotes) "subscribe FERNS-L" You should receive a confirmation e-mail shortly thereafter and will be able to post to the list by sending mail to FERNS-L@indiana.edu

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FERN FORUM

AFS Discussion Forum.

Ferns are a diverse, highly-evolved group of plants, yet they retain many of the characteristics that were present when plants first ventured out of the sea and onto land over 400 million years ago.

Ferns are also great plants for indoor and outdoor gardening. There are types that are great for shade gardens, sun gardens, rock gardens, ponds, bog gardens, flower borders, and just about everywhere.

The American Fern Society Spore Exchange maintains a collection of fresh spores from over 800 different species of ferns . The spores ("seeds of the ferns") are donated by AFS members. A list of the ferns available each year is published in the Fiddlehead Forum and members who wish to grow their ferns from spores may acquire packets of spores at a nominal fee (50 cents each). The current list may be accessed by visiting our American Fern Society Spore Exchange.

Nephrolepis obliterata

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The American Fern Society has three publications. The Fiddlehead Forum targets the interests of amateurs. It is published bimonthly and contains articles of interest to fern growers, items concerning native ferns and notices of Society business. The society's scientific publication, the American Fern Journal, has been published quarterly since 1910. It is of interest principally to professional and advanced amateur botanists and is subscribed to by over 400 libraries. in the USA and around the world. Pteridologia is an occasional technical monograph series for longer works.

Membership in the American Fern Society comes in two different forms. You may become a regular member and receive the Fiddlehead Forum for $12.00 per year or a Journal member and receive both the Fiddlehead Forum and the American Fern Journal for $25.00 US (Outside the US, including Canada and Mexico: $19.00 for basic membership or $32.00 for Journal membership.

Platycerium bifurcatum

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