Month: November 2013

Species: Cyclosorus acuminatus English Name: Acuminate Cyclosorus Chinese Name: 漸尖毛蕨 Family: Thelypteridaceae Description: Found in China, Korea, Japan and Philippines, on semi open places in thickets, grass, farmland margins and the roadside.   References: –  Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese…

Species: Ampelopteris prolifera English Name: Prolific Ampelopteris Chinese Name: 星毛蕨 Family: Thelypteridaceae Description: This fern grows up to 1m in height, with a long creeping rhizome with a diameter of 1cm. Its scales are black, triangular and entire. It is found in China, and other tropical and subtropical areas of the globe, excepting the Americas. Commonly…

Species: Callipteris esculenta English Name: Vegetable Fern Chinese Name: 菜蕨 Family: Athyriaceae Description: Its rhizome is erect, more than 1m tall, scales are dark brown. It is found throughout Asia and Oceania growing in gregarious colonies in open marshy areas, stream banks and canals. Young fronds are eaten as vegetables.   References: –  Department of Gardens…

Species: Athyriopsis japonica English Name: Black Lady Fern Chinese Name: 假蹄蓋蕨 Family: Athyriaceae Description: Plants are summer green, with a fertile frond up to 1m. Rhizome is short creeping, branching and scaly. It is found in China, Malaysia, Japan, Korea and the Himalayas. Commonly found in woodlands, lowlands and foothills.   References: –  Department of Gardens…

Species: Allantodia dilatata English Name: Widened Twin-sorus Fern Chinese Name: 膨大短腸蕨、毛柄短腸蕨 Family: Athyriaceae Description: Large evergreen plants, fronds almost erect, around 1,2m long. Its rhizome is erect, with 10cm of diameter, covered with elongated, dark brown scales. It’s found in China, throughout South East Asia and Australia, in wet broad-leaved forests in tropical mountains.   References:…

Species:  Pityrogramma calomelanos English Name:  Silver Fern Chinese Name: 粉葉蕨 Family:  Hemionitidaceae Description: Erect, bearing a tuft of fronts covered with scales. Found in open mountain slopes, and along new roads at low or medium altitudes. The white powder covering the low surface of the fronds is a distinct feature of this species.    …

Species:  Ceratopteris thalictroides English Name:  Water Fern Chinese Name: 水蕨 Family:  Parkeriaceae Description: Rooted in mud, variable in size and appearance. It can reach up to 100cm long. Massed on or around logs or other floating vegetation. In some countries this species is used for culinary proposes, and it is a widely used aquarium plant.…