BLECHNACEAE (Deer fern family)

Blechnum gibbum (Lab.) Mett. dwarf tree fern [Origin: New Caledonia, Fiji, and the New Hebrides][US; Illinois; Jackson County; Carbondale; T9S, R1W, S28; 37 deg. 42.883'N, 89 deg. 13.328'W; 450 feet][Fern House, Plant Biology Greenhouse, Southern Illinois University; January 31, 2004; Collected by Chuck Walker; Identified by Richard Cole; #IL588]

Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore netted chainfern [US; Louisiana; Jackson Parish; T15N, R2W, S25; 32 deg. 15.268'N, 92 deg. 31.375'W; 200 feet][under Pinus, about twenty feet from the shore of Caney Lake, Jimmie Davis State Park, about eleven miles east of Jonesboro; November 26, 2007; Collected & identified by Chuck Walker; #LA282]