A Dutch fern society: De Nederlandse Varenvereniging

Volume 36 Number 4 & 5
July-December 2009
Editors: Joan Nester-Hudson and David Schwartz
A Dutch fern society: De Nederlandse Varenvereniging
Our society, “de Nederlandse Varenvereniging” was officially
founded in 1989 by some fern enthusiasts. Since then the number
of members has grown to 120 – 130. Members are mainly Dutch
fern lovers, but there are also Belgian members and some from other countries. The society tries to extend the connections with other
fern enthusiasts in the world. We have contacts with the German
“Fachgruppe Farne” the Swiss “Schweizerische Vereinigung der
Farnfreunde” and the British Pteridological Society. But these connections always need to be worked on.
Most members are interested amateurs not known abroad, but the
name of Peter Hovenkamp I have read in the Fiddlehead Forum
and he will be known around the world of ferns. Ferns, of course,
are the center of our interest. Members like to deal with ferns in a
relaxing way but we also try to give those members who have more
scientific aspirations a feeling of satisfaction. We try to stimulate
the propagation of ferns from spores by giving workshops on spore
sowing and we have little contests to determine who propagates the
most beautiful fern from mystery spores.
Peter Hovenkamp
At least once a year we gather in the little seed house of
the Hortus Botanicus at Leiden. This botanical garden has
existed since at least 1594, when Carolus Clusius founded
here a system garden based on the most modern botanical
insights of that time. In this garden, present society chairman Harry Roskam has worked as a volunteer for the past
15 years and has created a very well-developed and beautiful fern garden. Much work continues to be done to provide
proper signage for all of the ferns. Ferns grown from spores
received from other botanical gardens were often initially
misnamed and must be redetermined.
L to R Maarten Japing Rens Huibers Harry Roskam Piotr Grzelec
Every year we organise two meetings and two or three trips
to places of (fern) interest. These may be to interesting habitats for wild ferns, plant nurseries, or private gardens harboring specimen plants of ferns. In fact, our mission here
is similar to that of every other fern society in the world.
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The Netherlands and Flanders are not very rich in wild fern species, but
there are exceptions. This year we look forward to our boat trip through
the Amsterdam canals. Here there is a large diversity of native and exotic
ferns (escapes).
AFS OFFICERS
PRESIDENT: Warren D. Hauk, 517 Samson Talbot
Hall of Biological Sciences, Department of Biology,
Denison University, Granville, OH 43023 Hauk@
denison.edu
During our autumn meetings we have fern identification workshops. People can come with fern plants or parts and we bring these ferns and their
correct names together. This year we are starting with a Polypodium-clinic
as a wintertime activity. We will come together with only hardy Polypodiums, enthusiasm, and books to give our plants the right names. If this is a
success, we will continue with other fern groups. We will also be building
a reference collection of specimens. Doing this will gradually extend our
knowledge, or so we hope.
PRESIDENT-ELECT: Michael D. Windham, Duke
Biology, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
mdw26@duke.edu
SECRETARY: Mary C. Stensvold, P.O. Box
1042, Sitka, AK 99835-1042 ping@ptialaska.
net
TREASURER: James D. Caponetti, Division of
Biology, M303 Walters Life Sciences Building,
University of Tennessee, 1414 Cumberland Avenue,
Knoxville, TN 37996-0830 jcaponet@utk.edu
The Society tries to publish our journal “Varen-Varia” three times a year.
The content of our journal includes reports of gatherings and excursions,
experiences of members with their own collections, and sometimes more
scientific articles about fern finds in the Netherlands or Belgium. For
example, there are interesting fern records that have recently been rediscovered hiding in the pressing papers of still unmounted specimens that
where collected about 60 - 70 years ago.
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: George Yatskievych,
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis,
MO 63166-0299. george.yatskievych@mobot.org
CURATOR OF BACK ISSUES: James D. Montgom­
ery, Ecology III, Inc., 804 Salem Blvd, Berwick, PA
18603-9801. jimm37@verizon.net
CURATOR OF THE SPORE EXCHANGE: Denia
Mandt, 12616 Ibbetson Ave, Downey, CA 902425050.
WEBMASTER: Stephen McDaniel, 1716 Piermont
Ave., Hacienda Heights, CA 91745. webmaster@
amerfernsoc.org
Until recently, we had our own website on the internet: http://www.nederlandse-varenvereniging.nl/. Among other things this website badly needed
some renovation and it has been taken offline for the present time. A new
website is not yet ready but until then we still have our weblog. From the
address above users will be redirected to the weblog. Users also can go directly to http://www.nederlandse-varenvereniging.blogspot.com/.
OUTREACH COORDINATOR: Tom Stuart, PO Box
517, Croton Falls, NY 10519. tstuart@westnet.com
EDITORS OF AFS PUBLICATIONS
AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL: Jennifer Geiger,
Department of Natural Sciences, Carroll College,
Helena, MT 59625. jgeiger@carroll.edu
The language of the blog is mainly Dutch, but our intent is to have summaries in English and German so that foreign visitors to the site will get
an idea the things that we do.
MEMOIRS: David B. Lellinger, 16 Nottingham
Rd., Brevard, NC 28712-9785. dlellinger@
earthlink.net
FIDDLEHEAD FORUM: Joan Nester-Hudson, Box
2116, Department of Biological Sciences, Sam
Houston State University, Huntsville TX 773412116 (jhudson@shsu.edu) and David Schwartz,
9715 Chirtsey Way, Bakersfield, CA 93312-5617
(xericferns@aol.com)
Ben van Wierst
secretary Nederlandse Varenvereniging.
secretaris@nederlandse-varenvereniging.nl
submitted February 2009
The Editors of FIDDLEHEAD FORUM welcome
contributions from members and friends, including
miscellaneous notes, and reviews of books on ferns.
Articles may be submitted electronically on disk
(PC compatible) or typed (using a simple font like
Helvetica in a minimum of a 12pt font.)
Regular membership in the American Fern Society is
on a calendar-year basis and includes access to field
trips and the spore exchange. Regular members
receive Fiddlehead Forum, but not the American
Fern Journal, for $12 (+$3 expedited delivery fee,
except U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico) Individuals
interested in regular or journal member­ship should
contact the membership secretary.
AFS HOME PAGE
http://www.amerfernsoc.org
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Lets search for Fern
Along the Path
by Vincent J. Chiappetta
Yeshiva University
Lets see we walked
through the rain
stopped for a dryopteris
found osmunda
sat around onoclea
broke into laughter with
bracken were discreet
with filix – femina and
rakish with intermedia
intimidated by Hickeyi
and bowled over by
bootii All for
what – an excursion on
a trail to a lake to
find marginalis
and wet our feet
over claytonia
which
led to regalis
which led us to see the
stars in the eyes
of balsam and hemlock
All of us diverse but similarly
hungry to overcome
pterido with phyte
and see each other
as moments of beauty
in the search of fern
and her allies –
which were sometimes
obscure but complanatum
with dendros thrown in –
so we could excuse
a growth notch on
one with a color
extension on another
But then there’s
the loss of umbrellas
light weight which
floated out of sight
As if tossed on an
annulus to disappear
by Vincent J. Chiappetta
Yeshiva University
The ripple rolling of
surface rock
moss covered
balsam firs wiggles
emerging dwarf dogwoods
rich in red rounded
lips of fruit
leaved green
in fours warms the
heart at the richness
this glacier stripped
land aches its beauty
between and among
Relict Rocks
as Bones
18 August, 08
from the past
Humboldt Field Station
to enrich our eyes
Steuben, ME
With wellsprings of emote
A wow of its existence
As each step crunches
down avoiding the berries
separating our passing
to reclose as if we never
came but we
remember we were there
and love of it reached
our heart with a sigh.
somewhere – but so what!
We tripped the light fantastic
of imagined prothallia
and substantive sporophyte
only to alternate again
with another day
when we will polyploidy
our numbers and
become a Robbinopteris
X humboldtensis. C’est la vie!
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Humboldt Field Station
Steuben, ME
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2009 Spore Exchange
Denia Mandt, Spore Exchange Curator
We are in need of fresh spore. If you are interested in donating spores please visit the Spore Exchange website at: www.amerfernsoc.org for information and directions.
The American Fern Society Spore Exchange is an important part of the American Fern Society. One of the goals of the AFS is
to cultivate ferns. The Exchange makes hundreds of ferns available that would otherwise be unobtainable for most members. Our
collections can be easily expanded and diversified. Often times members can share spores from rare or endangered ferns thereby
safeguarding the species so that our grandchildren may also enjoy these beautiful plants. The Exchange was begun in the early
60's and has been successfully swapping ferns ever since.
The spores from the ferns listed in the exchange have been donated by the members of the AFS. Members of the AFS may order
the ferns listed by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope, plus 50 cents for each fern ordered to:
Denia Mandt, AFS Spore Exchange, 12616 Ibbetson Ave., Downey CA, 90242 deniamandt@verizon.net
So that we will be able to keep as many different species on the exchange as possible, non-members may participate in the AFS
Spore Exchange by donating spores. Send a donation, and 50 cents for each package of spore requested. Be sure to include a
self-addressed stamped envelope.
The information listed with each fern was compiled by Robert Loius Muller, Brian Aikens, and Bubba Baxter. The listings are
not guaranteed, we simply forward on what members send in.
The ferns listed in this index are available to members of the American Fern Society. If you are a member you may Print an
Order Form. If you are not a member and would like to join the American Fern Society you may Print the Membership Form.
#PKTS
YR
GENUS
SPECIES
10
2004
Adiantum
aethiopicum
1
2007
3
3
2
2
2008
0
2006
peruvianum
0
pedatum
1
2006
Aglaomorpha
2
2005
Anemia
6
2008
2006
tenerum
Alsophila
Key to the AFS Spore Exchange List
tetraphllum
col. f. Puerto Rico
0
25c
phyllitidis
Zone Hardiness zones 1-9; tropical/
greenhouse =0
Morph
Rare=1
Few spore=3
Green spore=4
Easy=6
Hard=7
High humidity=8
Invasive=9 Mature size in inches +Rhizome
Creeping=c,
Erect/ascending=E,
Wide creeping=W
Tree fern=T
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dsvx
12
1,2w
g
adiantifolia
Specifics
RANGE
4
palystichoides
Genus, Species Variety all self
explanatory
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CLTV
1
coronans
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SP
2
macrophyllum
2004
MORPH
caudatum
2006
2005
6
ZONE
2
hispidulum
2
2
VARIETY
0
Cultivation
Habitat
Aquatic=a
Epiphytic=b
Climbing=c
Terr/epipet=d
Periodicity
Deciduous=g
Evergreen=h;
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Soil Type
Loamy=o
Sandy=p
Soil-specific=q
Rocky=r
Exposure
Shade=s
Partial sun=t
Full sun=u
Soil Details
Moist=v
Alkaline=x
Dry=y
Acid=z
GeoRange
No.Amer.=0
Cent.Amer/Antill.=1
So.Amer.=2
Eur.=3
No.Asia=4
So.Asia=5
Malesia=6
Australia=7
Pacif.Isles=8
Africa=9
Garden=g
Wild=w
#PKTS
YR
9
2004
GENUS
5
2007
Angiopteris
20
2007
Arachniodes
2
10
2001
2007
6
2006
10
2006
5
50
3
3
2
2006
miqueliana
simplicor
adiantum-nigrum
'Variegata'
2006
nidus
marinum
nidus
2007
2005
2006
2008
phyllitidis
oblongifolium
Astrolepis
Athyrium
surrogatum
sinuata
alpestre
filix-femina
'Victoriae'
niponicum
'Burgandy'
niponicum
'Metallicum'
15
2005
10
2006
filix-femina
niponicum
2005
2003
Athyrium
niponicum
10
2008
20
2004
pycnocarpon
3
2003
thelyperoides
15
2004
10
2006
5
2004
2006
18E
drtv
4g
123589g
g
sp.
Blechnum
3
bsv
1,2w
g
g
7g
8
8g
8
34w
4
1235
4
3w
8
tsjechie
g
g
'Ghost'
g
pictum
3
col f. China
syn. Deparia
acrosticthoides
thelyperoides
silvery spleanwort
australe
Red Form
australe
30c
24
6
dstv
4
8 25 E
dsv
4w
20Ec
dt
9g
3
8
8
g
2006
brasilience
2002
chilense
2w
discolor
7w
2008
buchtienii
2002
costaricense
2005
divergens
col. f. Puerto Rico
9
12E
dsv
1w
fragile
col. f. Puerto Rico
0
25W
bsv
1w
2005
6
2008
5
niponicum
otophorum
2005
5
4
g
g
syn. Cheilanthes
filix-femina
2003
0
syn. Asp.mayii
2004
5
g
'Endau Rompin'
5
6
8
col. f. Puerto Rico
Lady in Red'
10
1&2
flexiuosum?
filix-femina
10
8
antiquum
2006
4
tyz
g
4
1
8
lygodiifoli
juglandifolium
2005
2
14
davalliaeformis
2005
7
5
RANGE
g
2007
3
CLTV
hemionitis
2006
10
10
evecta
SP
2008
2004
10
tomentosa
MORPH
g
10
5
ZONE
australasicum
2008
1
VARIETY
2007
10
10
Asplenium
SPECIES
2005
falciforme
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YR
1
2008
1
2005
5
10
GENUS
SPECIES
2007
gracile
lineatum
magellanicum
3
2006
sp.
10
2004
4
30
15
2007
2001
2002
2005
7
2008
10
2003
6
4
2008
2004
4
2006
1
2006
1
2006
spicant
wattsii
Botrychium
Camptosorus
Campyloneurum
Cheilanthes
dissectum
dissectum
virginianum
Culcita
coniifolia
25
10
2005
2007
2006
30
2006
10
10
1
2006
25
2007
50
25
20
2
20
15
50
30
30
10
15
5
3
3
hastatus
Cyathea
Cyathea
dealbata
syn. Alsophila tricolor
latebrosa
syn. S. excelsa
medullaris
syn. Shaeropteris
(new)
noae-caledoniae
syn. C. vieillardii
2005
robusta
syn. Shaeropteris
sp #2
slow & small
2006
sp. #1
2006
2006
smithii
2006
2006
2001
2004
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syn. S. horrida
Blue stipes
spinulosa
Cyclophorus
0
tomentisissima
Cyrtomium
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sunsyloaes
falcatum
u
0g
9
T
g
180T
T
dtv
T
T
7g
T
g 7
T
T
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g
T
0
80T
T
T
T
T
T
T
(Pyrrosia)
g 7
T
T
T
g
12wg
g
T
syn. Shaeropteris
2007
princeps
7
134
T
syn. Shaeropteris
new caledoniae
2003
3
'Brentwood'
lepifera
myosuroides
2006
syn. Selliguea
syn. Shaeropteris
lunulata
2007
w
4
incisosserrate
2005
2007
4
T
copperi
felina
2w
g
8
col. f. Puerto Rico
cooperi
1w
123
arborea
brownii
2007
2006
dtv
g
34
barometz
Crypsinus
RANGE
1
glaucum
2005
4
'Spring'
lanosa
intermedia
2006
50E
south Africa
lendigera
Coniogramme
4
0
alabamensis
2008
3
col. f. Puerto Rico
phyllitidis
10
2007
CLTV
brevifolium
Cibotium
3
SP
angustifolium
2006
2007
MORPH
g
sibiricus
20
15
ZONE
gibbum
2002
15
VARIETY
dtv
1g
g 7
g 7
g
g
457
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YR
10
2006
GENUS
SPECIES
VARIETY
falcatum
'Mayi'
15
2001
falcatum
2
2007
macrophyllum
15
2006
2
2001
1
2002
fortunei
Cystopteris
fragilis
2
2003
1
2003
Davallia
10
2007
Dicksonia
2
30
10
10
5
2001
2002
1001
3x
2006
1
2004
2
20
2
10
2005
2006
2006
2007
15
2007
1
2006
3
4
20
15
20
2
100
2
6
3
10
5
4
8
6
regia
Deparia
2006
2005
Didymochlaena
Diplazium
Doodia
Doropteris
Drynaria
2006
Dryopteris
2007
sp.
thelpterioides
antarctica
truncatula
syn Athyrium
3
Antenna Fern
uniformis
7
T
7
5
T
pilosa
palmata
T
T
from S. Africa
0
60E
12
3
dsv
affinis
affinis
0
2002
carthusiana
2001
complexa
2003
1w
0
1
g
g
'Crispa Gracilis'
3
'Furcans'
arguta
g
g
fortunei
quercifolia
5g
buchiana
2
3
celsa
5
50c
6
dgtvz
0
corleyi
crassirhizoma
8
5
25E
8
dsvgh
3g
2003
cycadina
6
4
2004
erythrosora
5
36
2005
2005
2003
cristata
dilatata
'Recurvata'
'Koidzumiana'
10
2007
erythrosora
1
239
9
sp.
erythrosora
12
green form
col. f. Puerto Rico
2001
4
g
I'herminieri
pycnocarpon
RANGE
g
sellowiana
12
4
CLTV
'Rockfordianum'
blumei
bissetiana
2004
SP
virdula
2006
2001
MORPH
045g
fibrosa
2004
2004
cycyopteris x
alpina
ZONE
2004
2004
2007
2001
expansa
filix-mas
filix-mas
formosana
5
Red Form from
China
3
4&5g
6
6
dhsy
dhsy
3
3g
5w
g 4
5
linearis cristata
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YR
10
2007
2
2006
hawaiiensis
2002
juxta-posita
2001
marginalis
100
2002
6
2007
4
10
10
4
1
15
50
50
30
marginalis
2007
muenchii
2002
odontoloma
2004
palmata
2004
pulcherima
2004
sieboldii
2006
2004
spinulosa
15
2002
stewartii
20
2006
2003
Dryopteris
2007
Elapoglossum
2
2005
5
2006
5
10
spinulosa
2006
2006
sp.
6
2004
Hemionitis
25
2004
Hypodematium
crenatum
2002
Hypolepis
tenuifolia
2008
Lecanopteris
sinuosa
2004
Lonchitis
2007
5
2003
2
Lycopodium
2004
Lygodium
japonicum
2002
15
2004
20
2004
2007
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dhsv
Macrotheypteris
Matteuccia
hirstuta
dendroideum
scandens
torresiana
2
16
col. f, Puerto Rico
col. f. Puerto Rico
20E
0
12CE
Brazil Blue Form
0
g
g
0
0
O
8
8
bsv
bsy
bsy
3
0
5
u
0g
45
g
45g
1245
1&2
12g
1w
1,2w
34
12
18E
dtyx
56g
7
1
g
0
col. f. Puerto Rico
9
2
9
syn. L.microphyllum
struthiopteris
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4g
8
digitatum
microphyllum
g 8
g
effusa
2002
10
10
Lastreopsis
quadripinnata
2002
25
6
brownii
Lophosoria
100
15
Hypoderris
cordifolia
2004
intermedia
arifolia
Llavea
2
30
robertianum
marginayum
15
10
sp.
Hemidictyium
2004
syn. Dry. carthusiana
crinitum
simplex
Gymnocarpium
5
3
g
8g
9
decoratum
peltatum
2002
12
dsvhg
RANGE
5
wallichichiana
2002
2007
40E
CLTV
45
tokyoensis
2007
7
6
'Pleasant Valley'
purpurella
spinulosa
20
SP
pacifica
2004
10
3
MORPH
intermedia
2005
3
ZONE
8
goldiana
30
10
VARIETY
fuscipes
fusco-altra
2008
10
SPECIES
2005
1
20
GENUS
July-December 2009
9
2
15E
1
3
duv
1&2w
6
csy
45
69
6
csy
csy
0
0
45789
45789
3
#PKTS
YR
GENUS
SPECIES
VARIETY
2
2004
Microgramma
lycopodioides
syn. Polypodioides
30
2007
Microlepia
platyphylla
2
2008
Microsorum
1
4
30
2003
2006
2006
5
2008
1
2003
10
2006
piloselloides
vieillardii
syn. Phymatodes
Nothoperanema
rubiginosum
syn. Ctenitis
10
2007
Osmunda
banksifolia
GREEN SPORE
15
2006
Niphidium
4
2004
1
10
2006
*2
2004
2
2006
4
15
2
2
Pellaea
2004
Phanerophlebipsis
2004
Phyllitis
2003
2001
2
2001
13
2004
10
2008
5
Pellaea
2003
2
4
Onoclea
Phebodium
2001
crassifolium
sensibilis
cordifollia
marcrophylla
aureum
syn. polypodium
scolopendrium
'Angustifolia'
scoloprndrium
'Sagitatim
Cristatum'
caduca
scolopendrium
grossus
Pityrogramma
austroamericana
7
2003
Platycerium
andinum
10
2004
cass Robusta
3
2006
coronarium
6
2006
Hillii
12
10
1
1
3
5
2003
2004
2006
2006
2006
2006
bifurcatum
Hillii
'Capitatum'
4
24
24
6
6
3450
dhrsv
1789
2
3450
5
24
6
dhrsv
3450
5
24
6
dhrsv
3450
g
2g
'Majus'
g
g
g
Hula Hands
Hillii
holttumii
2006
stemmaria
15
2007
2004
9g
2
5
12
789
8
5
0
01g
Ellisii
2
3
3
drty
cass Ropa
lanciferum
2007
35Ec
calomelanos
2004
2
8w
G
8
viridis
12
0
rotundifolia
viridis
8
1
ovata
2003
10
dhosv
exaltata
scolopendrium
Phymatosorus
12
4
2005
2006
129
palmatopedatum
lanceolatum
30
RANGE
g
Neurodium
Nephrolepis
CLTV
fortunei
scandens
2004
2004
SP
89g
intramarginalis
1
MORPH
speluncae
Midella
10
ZONE
Ballia
O
g
ridley
g
Sumbowense
g
superbum
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YR
25
2004
3
2006
GENUS
SPECIES
wandae
willinckii
10
2007
Pleconemia
macrodontor
15
2006
Pneumatopteris
pennlgera?
2
2001
9
2008
7
2004
4
2
8
1
2005
2005
7
2004
6
3
Polypodium
2004
aureum
glycyrrhiza
squamatum
Polystichum
vulgare
acrostichoides
20
5
2005
2
9
10
20E
7
dtv
034g
munitum
7
58
dhsv
0
6
50
100
20
setiferum
setiferum
setiferum
setiferum
2006
stenophyllum
2004
tsus-simense
Pronephrium
2004
Pteris
2004
2004
2004
5
col. in Chile
'Dactylis'
cretica
23678
2005
semipinnata
8
2004
vittata
10
2006
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0
8
10
2g
buchananii
gallinopes
2005
fauriel
'Parkeri'
pauriei ?
vittata
wallichiana
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379
2007
3
dtv
256
3
3
6
45
biaurita
cretica
2006
40
6
2008
3
1
aquilinum
2005
4
g
7
3
50
45
'Filigrani'
'Rolundatum'
simplex
Pteridium
0
2w
7
5
tetragonum
2004
3
3
rigens
2004
2004
4
0
lonchitis
richardii
20
8
1
34
2002
2004
8
dhsv
10
20
'Macrostachyen'
12
6
plicatum
2004
duy
0
28
polyblepharum
100
ov
4
2008
2007
6
12
herenhausen
4
2005
8c
braunii
neolobatum
6
5
dsr
2003
10
'Licorice Fern'
g
1
microchlamys
4
g
36
2005
2004
g
6
20
30
RANGE
andersonii
2002
2006
CLTV
g 3
aculeatum
30
2
SP
12
australis
Polystichum
MORPH
O
pellucidum
2004
2001
ZONE
astrolepis
loriceum
2003
10
20
Pleopeltis
2003
2001
VARIETY
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8
12E
6
dsy
g
45
4g
30E
6
dsv
56g
1thru9
g 5
#PKTS
YR
GENUS
SPECIES
VARIETY
ZONE
6
2007
Pyrrosia
gallinopes
XXXXX
8
6
2005
15
3
1
5
3
2
3
Rumohra
adiantiformis
col. in Chile
2006
Sphaeropteris
lunulata
syn. Cyathea
2001
Tectaria
2004
2003
2004
2
2006
2007
20
2006
6
2007
2003
nigripes
tenuifolia
Thelypteris
sp
zeilaria
zeylanica
decursive-pinnata
guadalupensis
3
2004
limbosperma
2
2007
palustris
2003
phegopteris
3
1
kunthii
poiteana
20
2007
5
2008
12
2007
Woodsia
3
2005
Woodwardia
10
10
20
puberula
2008
2003
2004
12
2007
syn. Quercifilix
syn. T. normalis
syn. Oreopteris
limboserma
syn. Goniopteris
var. sonariensis
reticulata
1
T
g
g
O
1
8
0
20E
8
dsv
0
6E
c,8
hosv
g
dsvz
03w
O
20E
8
dsv
g
g
O
5
45E
3
9
2
9
2
9
g
g
rheophyta
2007
4
terrarium
patens
2004
12789w
124
Col. fr. Puerto Rico
trifoliata
2004
2004
RANGE
g
cicutaria
4
2
CLTV
4
hilocarpa
Tectaria
SP
beccariana
heracleifolia
2007
2005
4
Stenochiaena
2001
1
6
Schaffneria
MORPH
pseudopolystichoides
areolata
orietalis
Key to the AFS Spore Exchange List
# Pkts the number of packets on hand
Genus, Species Variety all self
explanatory
Zone Hardiness zones 1-9; tropical/
greenhouse =0
Morph
Mature size in inches +Rhizome
Creeping=c,
Erect/ascending=E,
Wide creeping=W
Tree fern=T
0g
oriental chain fern
subcordata
Woodwardia X
semicordata
netted chain fern
45g
g
virginica
0
1g
Specifics
Rare=1
Few spore=3
Green spore=4
Easy=6
Hard=7
High humidity=8
Invasive=9 Cultivation
Habitat
Aquatic=a
Epiphytic=b
Climbing=c
Terr/epipet=d
Periodicity
Deciduous=g
Evergreen=h;
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Loamy=o
Sandy=p
Soil-specific=q
Rocky=r
Exposure
Shade=s
Partial sun=t
Full sun=u
Soil Details
Moist=v
Alkaline=x
Dry=y
Acid=z
GeoRange
No.Amer.=0
Cent.Amer/Antill.=1
So.Amer.=2
Eur.=3
No.Asia=4
So.Asia=5
Malesia=6
Australia=7
Pacif.Isles=8
Africa=9
Garden=g
Wild=w
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April 24, 2009 - TREASURER’S REPORT FOR 2008
TO: A.F.S. COUNCIL AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have the pleasure of presenting to you a report on the financial condition of the American Fern Society, Inc., for the
year 2008.
Current receipts amounted to $36,899.71. With $20,368.82 in my checking account and $2,686.00 in the Membership Secretary’s savings account at the beginning of the year, the grand total of receipts was $59,954.53. Receipts from
the dues category amounted to $22,759.88. This figure includes dues received by the Membership Secretary from the
British Pteridological Society and dues received by the Treasurer from BSA by online transactions. The Membership
Secretary received three domestic life memberships. Gifts were similar to the amount received last year. The society
received no bequests this year. The net income for the spore exchange was a bit less than for each of the past two years.
Sales of back issues/volumes and of Pteridologia were each much less than last year. There was no revenue from page
charges last year, but a reasonable amount for this year. Interest earned from checking and savings bank accounts was
at about the same rate as for last year. Revenue from Bio One, JSTOR, and Copyright Clearance Center were higher
than for last year. A statement on the financial status of the several accounts accompanies the Treasurer’s Report along
with a statement of assets and liabilities. Overall, the receipts for 2008 were much less than the receipts for last year.
This may be a reflection of the progressive downturn in the economy during 2008.
Current disbursements amounted to $36,695.23. With $1,546.61 in my checking account and $21,712.69 in the
Membership Secretary’s savings account at the end of the year, the grand total of $59,954.53 balances with the grand
total of receipts. Journal printing costs on a per issue basis were about the same as last year’s amounts, but bulletin
printing costs on a per issue basis were about half of last year’s amounts due to reduced printing costs. The journal and
bulletin editors did an excellent job in keeping expenses to a minimum. Other Council members’ expenses were in
the expected range as were other expenses. I am pleased to report that the society is in a sound financial condition, so
much so that I was able to add $3,000.00 to the savings certificate in Home Federal Bank.
I wish to thank the Membership Secretary, Dr. George Yatskievych; the Journal Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Jennifer Geiger;
the Managing Editor, Dr. Jill Dill; the Bulletin Editor, Dr. Joan Hudson; and the Curator of Publications, Dr. James
D. Montgomery, for their help in keeping the society treasury accurate.
Respectfully submitted,
James D. Caponetti
Treasurer
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Membership Secretary
$21,712.69
GRAND TOTAL
$59,954.53
TREASURER’S REPORT - 2008
TREASURER’S REPORT - 2008
DISBURSEMENTS
RECEIPTS
STATEMENT OF AFS ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008
American Fern Journal (Allen Press)
Cash on hand,
January 1, 2008
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Assets
Vol. 97, No. 4
$4,519.45
$20,368.82
Vol. 98, No. 1
$3,699.89
Cash in Treasurer’s Checking Account
$2,686.00
Vol. 98, No. 2
$4,797.47
Cash in Membership Secretary’s Savings Account
Vol. 98, No. 3
$4,373.53
TOTAL
$23,054.82
Current Year’s Dues
Received by Membership Secretary Directly
$15,248.00
Current Year’s Dues
Received by Treasurer
from BSA by Online
Transactions
$5,899.72
TOTAL
$17,390.34
Fiddlehead Forum Printing (S.H.U. Press)
Vol. 34, No. 3
Vol. 34, No.’s 4&5
$424.52
Vol. 35, No.’s 2&3
$37.00
$7.96
Life Memberships
$1,189.00
British Pteridological
Society dues
$1,567.20
Spore Exchange, Net
$256.00
Membership Secretary
$65.00
Liabilities
$170.10
General Fund
$50,440.28
$379.40
TOTAL
$135.367.03
$0
$0
$532.30
$4,000.00
Journal Managing Editor’s Expenses
$2,000.00
Sales of Pteridologia
$689.20
Web Server Maintenance
Savings Interest from
Memb. Sect. Bank
$44.53
Domain Name Renewal
$0
Webmaster’s Expenses
$0
Checking Interest from
Treasurer’s Bank
$40.21
$95.40
Bulletin Editor’s Expenses
$0
Fern Foray Expenses
$150.00
A.I.B.S. Dues
$125.00
Refunds to Agencies and Members
$24.75
British Pteridological Society Dues
$2,276.43
Bio One Revenue Sharing
$6,258.00
Addition to CD in First Tenn. Bank
JSTOR Publisher Pool
Payment
$3,292.16
Addition to CD in Home Federal Bank
Funds Transferred from Checking to
Savings
$0
Copyright Clearance
Center Royalty Payment
$101.87
Funds Transferred from Savings to
Checking
$0
Outreach Fund
Contributions
$0
2008 Checks Outstanding
$0
INTEREST
EARNED
Membership Secretary’s Savings
Account in Commerce Bank
$21,712.69
$44.53
Treasurer’s Savings Account in First
Tennessee Bank
$10,144.94
$9.75
Treasurer’s Checking Account in
First Tennessee Bank
$1,546.61
$40.21
Treasurer’s Savings Certificate in
First Tennessee Bank
$30,000.00
$993.96
Treasurer’s Savings Certificate in
Home Federal Bank
$54,881.79
$1,717.66
$118,286.03
$2,806.11
TOTALS
$0
$178.36
Botany 2008 Meeting Expenses
BALANCE
OF FUNDS
$3,000.00
JSTOR Sales Service
Revenue
$0
BANK ACCOUNTS
$0
Journal Editor-in-Chief’s Expenses
BSA Botany 2008
Meeting Income
STATEMENT OF AFS BANK ACCOUNTS
BALANCE OF FUNDS AS OF DECEMBER 31,
2008, AND INTEREST EARNED DURING 2008
$88.22
Publications Curator’s Expenses
$0
$84,881.79
Membership Secretary’s Expenses
$157.50
Funds Received by
Treasurer from
Membership Secretary
$7.96
Savings Certificates
Blanket Fidelity Bond
President’s Expenses
$1,033.00
$37.00
Current Year’s Overpayments
$220.24
TOTAL
Page Charges
$17,081.00
$135,367.03
Prepayments for Future Years
$5,136.70
Secretary’s Expenses
$92.50
$54,881.79
Treasurer’s Expenses
President-Elect’s Expenses
Treasurer
Savings Certificate in Home Federal Bank
TOTAL
$786.51
Memoir Editor’s Expenses
Sales of Back Issues of
the Journal
$30,000.00
$550.38
TOTAL
$900.00
Gifts to the Society
$10,144.94
Savings Certificate in First Tennessee Bank
$1,662.84
Vol. 35, No. 4
Current Year’s
Overpayments
Cash in Treasurer’s Savings Account
Journal Inventory
$1,712.45
Vol. 35, No. 1
Prepayments for Future
Years
$1,546.61
$21,712.69
$800.00
Outreach Coordinator’s Expenses
$0
Funds Transferred to Treasurer by
Membership Secretary
$0
Bank Charges
CURRENT
RECEIPTS
$36,899.71
GRAND TOTAL
$59,954.53
Treasurer
$85.35
Membership Sec.
$32.00
TOTAL
$117.35
Bad Checks
$189.00
CURRENT DISBURSEMENTS
$36,695.23
Cash on Hand, January 1, 2009
Treasurer
$1,546.61
Membership Secretary
$21,712.69
GRAND TOTAL
$59,954.53
April 24, 2009
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR
STATEMENT OF AFS ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008
Assets
in Treasurer’s
Checking Account
$1,546.61
I hereby certify that I have seen the booksCashand
accounts
of James D. Caponetti,
Treasurer of the American Fern SoCash in Membership Secretary’s Savings Account
$21,712.69
ciety, Inc., and have obtained confirmation
of the correctness of the Society’s
balance on hand as set forth in detail
Cash in Treasurer’s Savings Account
$10,144.94
Savings
Certificate
in
First
Tennessee
Bank
$30,000.00
in the accompanying report of the Treasurer.
Savings Certificate in Home Federal Bank
Broker, G.R.I.
Nathan E. Way
Journal Inventory
$54,881.79
$17,081.00
$135,367.03
TOTAL
Liabilities
Prepayments for Future Years
Current Year’s Overpayments
Savings Certificates
$37.00
$7.96
$84,881.79
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General Fund
$50,440.28
TOTAL
STATEMENT OF AFS BANK ACCOUNTS
BALANCE OF FUNDS AS OF DECEMBER 31,
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A Sad Tale
by Tom Stuart
tstuart@westnet.com
Once upon a time botanical gardens used to champion horticulture and botany. In recent years the circus has come to
town. As I write in October, some upcoming events are:
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden: Goblins in the Garden
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden: Scarecrow Contest
Callaway Gardens: The Steeplechase
Chicago Botanic Garden: Spooky Pooch Parade
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Ghouls and Gourds
New York Botanical Garden: Halloween Parade and Bats!
Cleveland Botanical Garden: BOO-tanical Bash
Morris Arboretum: Garden Railway
What all of these events have in common is an utter lack of pertinence to science, to plants. Their purpose is entertainment. They are the Fox news of the educational world. Just in case you're thinking this must be a North American
syndrome, it takes no effort at all to discover RBG Kew's Treetop Walkway, 18 meters up, more properly called the
Xstrata Treetop Walkway. What is Xstrata? See xstrata.com.
How refreshing was a visit earlier this month to the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley. No ghouls,
no railway, no goblins, no parades. Just plants, thrilling, well-grown plants, well-labeled plants. Despite California's
woes, this place is still a treasured educational resource. The lucky people who live near Berkeley: do they know what
they have?
To the point. The most amazing thing about this botanical garden from a pteridophile's view is that it gives full recognition to ferns. They are as plentiful in this garden as in the flora it elucidates, and they are spread all over the collections, not stuck off in the usual corner. I suspect pteridologist Alan Smith of the University Herbarium is at least
part of the reason.
You can read more about this visit in upcoming issues of the newsletters of the Hardy Fern Foundation or the British
Pteridological Society, but I do want to make you aware of one need at this premier garden. Chris Carmichael, Associate Director of Collections and Horticulture, says that they'd like to expand the availability of their collection to
gardeners. To that end Chris is looking for additional volunteer propagators to work with ferns. If you grow ferns and
live near Berkeley, consider volunteering. If you don't live near them, but have a friend who does, make them aware of
this opportunity. Details on contacts and volunteering can be found at http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu.
And next time you can, visit Berkeley and see this very fine collection for yourself.
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Female gametophyte of Anemia mexicana with archegonia
Male gametophyte of A. mexicana with antheridia
Pictures were taken with an ordinary dissecting microscope and ordinary digital camera. Technology has come a long way.
- Joan Nester-Hudson
Calling All Pteridologists!!
We need your help. For each issue of the Fiddlehead Forum, we would like to include information about fern
cultivation/growing/propagation. Is there a fern you have had success with in your garden? Please tell us about it. Is
there one that was/is difficult to grow, but you have found a way to make it thrive? Please send a description of how,
where, lighting etc. If you have a picture, please include it. Nothing is too simple or basic. The information in books
is very useful, but there is a wealth of information which is not in books – gained from personal experience. Please
consider making a contribution about a fern (or several) that you have successfully grown in your garden. Scientific
experiments are not required – only personal experience and an interest in sharing your success with others.
– Joan Nester-Hudson
Jargon: It’s All Greek to Me
by Guenther K. Machol
If the terminology related to ferns puzzles you, and you’re thinking, “It’s all Greek to me,” you’re actually on the right
track. Much of the terminology used in botany dates to the 19th century, and it makes use of many elements derived
from Greek. Word origins are instructive; some even provide unexpected touches of humor. For example, the word
“sorus” (a cluster of sporangia) derives from Greek for “heap;” “indusium” (the covering of the sorus) comes from Latin
for “tunic;” and “gamete” (an egg or a sperm) comes from the Greek word “gamein,” meaning “to marry.” The origins
of several common terms are listed below. Greek words are in italics; the one Latin word (indusium) is signified by L.
antheridium anthos, flower + -idium, small one
archegonium archein, to begin + gonos, procreation
cryptogam kryptos, hidden + gamein, to marry
gamete gamein, to marry
gametophyte gamein, to marry + phyton, plant
heterosporous heteros, different + -sporous, having spores
homosporous homos, alike + -sporous, having spores
indusium L. indusium, tunic
mycorrhizal myco-, fungus + rhiza, root
prothallus pro-, precursory + thallos, green shoot
rhizoid rhiza, root + -oid, resembling
rhizome rhiza, root + -ome, mass
sorophore soro-, sorus + phoros, carrying
sorus soros, heap
sporangium spor-, spore + angeion, vessel
spore speirein, to sow
sporocarp sporo-, spore + -karpos, fruit
sporophyte sporo-, spore + phyton, plant
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Dr. Joan E. N. Hudson
Sam Houston State University
Department of Biological Science
Box 2116
Huntsville, TX 77341-2116
2010 Membership renewals and new memberships can be made online at http://
amerfernsoc.org/member. A printable membership application is also available
at this website.
Correction to a Correction
In Vol. 36, Number 2 & 3, 2009, page 28, a correction to the identification of a fern from the Fern Foray 2008 was
provided. The Foray article name was Gymnocarpium dryopteris (Vol. 35, Number 5, 2008) and the corrected name
provided by Melanie Link-Perez was Gymnocarpium disjunctum. The correction identified the fern as G. disjunction
which is not correct. It should have been G. disjunctum. I apologize for this mistake. - Joan Nester-Hudson
Calling all Fern Societies – Local and International
This issue includes a contribution from the Dutch Fern Society. We would like to hear from other fern societies,
both local and international.
Thank you to all contributors to the 2009 Fiddlehead Forum.