Figure		Page
Cover	Giant Chain Fern, Woodwardia fimbriata, taller than the author’s wife, Elva Rodin	Cover
1	Fossil Fern	50
2	Life History of a Fern	51
3	Fossil Fern	54
4	Fern Sori (glossary)	55
5	Fern Fronds (glossary)	56
6	Carboniferous Forest Reconstructed	59
7	Fossil of Ancient Horsetail, Annnlaria	61
8	Little Grape Fern, Botrichium simplex	63
9	Leathery Grape Fern, Botrychium multifidum var. coulteri	65
10	Five Finger Fern, Adiantum pedatum	66
11	Five Finger Fern, Adiantum pedatum, and Common Maiden Hair Fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris	67
12	California Maiden Hair Fern, Adiantum jordanii	69
13	Lady Fern, Athythium filix-femina	71
14	Alpine Lady Fern, Athyrium alpestre var. americanum	72
15	California Lace Fern, Cheilanthes californica	73
16	Indian’s Dream, Cheilanthes siliquosa	74
17	Cooper Fern, Cheilanthes cooperae	75
18	Bead Fern, Cheilanthes covillei	76
19	Bead Fern, Cheilanthes covillei	77
20	Lace Fern, Cheilanthes gracillima	78
21	Lace Fern, Cheilanthes gracillima	79
22	Parsley Fern, Cryptogramma crispa var. acrostichoides	80
23	Parsley Fern, Cryptogramma crispa var. acrostichoides	81
24	Fragile Fern, Cystopteris fragilis	82
25	California Wood Fern, Dryopteris arguta	84
26	California Wood Fern, Dryopteris arguta	85
27	Coffee Fern, Pellaea andromedaefolia	87
28	Sierra Cliff Brake, Pellaea brachyptera	88
29	Brewer’s Cliff Brake, Pellaea breweri	89
30	Bridges’ Cliff Brake, Pellaea bridgesii	90
31	Bird’s Foot Fern, Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	91
32	Bird’s Foot Fern, Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	93
33	Desert Cliff Brake, Pellaea mucronata var. californica	94
34	Gold Fern, Pityrogramma triangularis	95
35	White Fern, Pityrogramma triangularis var. pallida	96
36	White Fern, Pityrogramma triangularis var. pallida	97
37	Licorice Fern, Polypodium vulgare var. kaulfussii	98
38	Golden Polypody, Polypodium vulgare var. columbianum	99
39	Golden Polypody, Polypodium vulgare var. columbianum	100
40	Sword Fern, Polystichum munitum, and two forms	101
41	Sword Fern, Polystichum munitum, and Nude Sword Fern, form nudatum	102
42	Imbricated Sword Fern, Polystichum munitum, form imbricans	103
43	Brake Fern, Pteridiurn actuilinum var. pubescens	104
44	Rocky Mountain Woodsia, Woodsia scopulina	105
45	Rocky Mountain Woodsia, Woodsia scopulina	106
46	Oregon Woodsia, Woodsia oregana	107
47	Giant Chain Fern, Woodwardia fimbriata	108
48	Duckweed Fern, Azolla filiculoides	110
49	Common Horsetail, Equisetum arvense, and Common Scouring Rush, E. hiemale var. californicuim	111
50	Common Horsetail, Equisetum arvense	112
51	Common Scouring Rush, Equisetum hiemale, and Smooth Scouring Rush, Equisetum laevigatum	113
52	Kansas Scouring Rush, Equisetum kansanum	114
53	Hansen’s Selaginella, Selaginella hansenii, and Alpine Selaginella, Selaginella watsonii	116
54	Bolander’s Quillwort, Isoetes bolanderi	118
55	Nuttall’s Quillwort, Lsoetes nuttallii, and Bolander’s Quillwort, Isoetes bolanderi	119