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Left: Cyathea medullaris, San Francisco Botanical Garden. Middle: Sadleria cyatheoides, UC Botanical Garden. Right: Cheilanthes clevelandii, Tilden Regional Park. |
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Botanical Gardens and Parks
The following San Francisco Bay Area gardens and parks feature various species of fern:
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco has a large number of mature tree ferns located in Tree Fern Dell, situated around Lily Pond (Quarry Lake) which is between John F. Kennedy Drive and Middle Drive East, to the southwest of the Conservatory of Flowers and north of the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Click here for a map of the park.
The National AIDS Memorial Grove 
(de Laveaga Dell), south of Tree Fern Dell in Golden Gate Park, has a number of tree ferns growing in the Fern Grotto (located to the west of the grove).
The Conservatory of Flowers (many types of fern, including some tree ferns).
The M.H. de Young Museum (50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive) has a number of tree ferns planted both inside and outside, and the California Academy of Sciences (55 Music Concourse Drive) also has a number of tree ferns planted either side of the main entrance.
San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum (many types of fern, including tree ferns). Click here for a map of the garden.
View Golden Gate Park in a larger map
East Bay
University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley located at 200 Centennial Drive (many types of fern, including tree ferns). Click here for a map of the garden.
There are also ferns (including a tree fern) located at the entrance to the University and Jepson Herbaria University of California at Berkeley. The herbaria are on the ground floor of the central atrium of the Valley Life Sciences Building. Click here for a map of the Valley Life Sciences Building.
Tilden Regional Park, Regional Parks Botanic Garden (California native ferns). See also Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Click here for an article on tree ferns in San Francisco, written for The British Pteridological Society Pteridologist, the Fern Magazine (Volume 5, Part 1).
The article is copyright © 2008 The British Pteridological Society. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means) without the permission of the British Pteridological Society.
Fern Societies
Australia
Fern Society of South Australia, Inc.
Fern Society of Victoria, Inc.
Netherlands
Germany
Gesellschaft der Staudenfreunde e.V. - Fachgruppe Farne
South Africa
Fern Society of Southern Africa
Switzerland
Schweizerische Vereinigung der Farnfreunde
United Kingdom
British Pteridological Society (BPS)
United States
Tropical Fern and Exotic Plant Society, Inc. (TFEPS)
California
Los Angeles International Fern Society (LAIFS)
Delaware
Delaware Valley Fern and Wildflower Society (DVFWS)
Florida
Texas
Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society (TGCFS)
Conservation
BGCI - Botanic Gardens Conservation International.
IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Donate online now to help save threatened species
Plant Databases
Australian Database Resources - Australian National Botanic Gardens / Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
Calflora - Information on wild California plants for conservation, education, and appreciation.
California Native Plant Link Exchange
CalPhotos: Plants - Searchable database of plant images - University of California, Berkeley.
CaprICE Plant Species Distribution Map Browser - interactive map display of the distributions of plant species in California.
CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants
ePIC - Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
GBIF Data Portal - Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
GRIN Taxonomy for Plants - USDA-ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network.
International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Jepson Online Interchange for California Floristics
NISIC - USDA-NAL National Invasive Species Information Center.
The Plant List - a working list of all known plant species.
PLANTS - USDA-NRCS Database of Plants in the U.S. and its territories.
Tropicos.org - Missouri Botanical Garden. 
Weather data
Weather data from our nursery is available from Weather Underground, along with the following sites:
Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP)
MesoWest - University of Utah.
We also have a weather webcam available on Weather Underground
Other Fern sites
Checklist of World Ferns - Michael Hassler and Brian Swale.
Cold-hardy Tree Ferns Page - Ian Barclay.
Connecticut Ferns - Connecticut Botanical Society.
The Fern House - Mark Longley.
The Fern Pages - Australian National Botanic Gardens.
Ferns in Britain and Ireland - Roger Golding.
Ferns of the Canberra Region - David and Christopher Nicholls.
The Giant Horsetails (Equisetum giganteum, Equisetum myriochaetum, and Equisetum x schaffneri) - Chad Husby.
Skye Ferns - Mike Taylor.
Horticulture and Gardening
California Horticultural Society
Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
National Gardening Association (NGA)
Misc
Bay Nature: An Exploration of Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
BBC Nature - Plants Videos, News and Facts
Bibliography of Pteridological Works - John A. Knouse.
BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK) - Pteridophyta (ferns and fern allies).
California Information Node (CAIN) - a regional node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII).
California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC)
California Native Plant Society (CNPS)
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).
The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online - Darwin's complete publications.
Contra Costa Clean Water Program
Devonian Times - information on Devonian fauna and flora, including early ferns.
The Ginkgo Pages - information on all aspects of the Ginkgo biloba tree.
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation - Carnegie Mellon University.
Mertz Library - New York Botanical Garden.
The Natural History Museum, London - Department of Botany
Natural Resources Database (NRDB) - flora and fauna in the open spaces/nature preserves of the San Francisco Bay Area.
New Zealand Ferns - an 1879 book of pressed ferns by Eric Craig.
New Zealand fossil spores and pollen: an illustrated catalogue
PlantRight - California Horticultural Invasives Prevention (Cal-HIP).
Saint Helena National Trust - ‘Re-Forestation Fund’ International Appeal
Smithsonian Institution - Department of Botany
Time Tree - The Timescale of Life
Tree of Life Project - Polypodiopsida
The University and Jepson Herbaria - University of California at Berkeley.
University of California at Davis - Botanical Conservatory
Urban Tilth - projects help develop local food production capacity in west Contra Costa County.
West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority - recyclemore
Online Forums, Groups, and Mailing lists
The American Fern Society Fern Forum (Registration required).
The Fern Forum provided by The British Pteridological Society.
Yahoo! Fern Enthusiasts of Asian Regional Nations Group
Yahoo! Staghorn Ferns Spore Exchange Group
Ferns mailing list (formerly Fernet). To subscribe, send an e-mail containing SUBSCRIBE FERNS in the message body to: majordomo@hort.net
Click here to search the hort.net ferns mailing list archives.
AFS/BSA Student listserv (open to all students interested in ferns). To subscribe, send an e-mail containing SUBSCRIBE FERNS-L in the message body to: listserv@listserv.indiana.edu
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