We saw this beautiful lady fern (Athyrium felix femina) on our lunchtime walk earlier. It looked very feathery.

#fernodon
#mindfulness
#wellbeing

Fern season is here.

#Pteridophyta #fern #ferns
#fernodon #Nature #NaturePhotography #photography

Bird's-foot cliffbrake, (Pellaea mucronata), another one of our arid-adapted ferns in the Lakeview Mountains. Same genus as the coffee cliffbrake, posted a few days ago. I often find this one growing out of cracks in the rocks.

#nature #plants #ferns #FernsOfMastodon #Fernodon #Mosstodon #SouthernCalifornia #MyPhoto

Here's another one of our local ferns adapted to arid habitats. This is the coffee fern, or coffee cliff-brake (Pellaea andromedifolia). The "coffee" in the name might reference the bean-like shape of the leaves (and their color as they get older). I almost always find these ferns underneath Sugarbush shrubs (Rhus ovata) adjacent to granite boulders.

#nature #plants #ferns #fernodon #mosstodon #SouthernCalifornia #MyPhoto