Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Are Ferns Flowers?
No, but you probably already knew that.
Ferns are nonflowering plants that reproduce by spores; flowers are plants that reproduce through seeds.
But to me they are just as beautiful.
I see them regularly in the damp woods of the Pacific Northwest, these from our hiking near the Green River earlier this week.
Plentiful along the trails, growing everywhere, on the trees, rocks and ground.
They make a nice background for other shrubs and flowers, like the Snowberry another native in the Northwest woods. A beautiful shrub with tiny pink flowers in the spring, the white berries are striking in the fall. Though not edible to humans (they are mildly poisonous) some birds eat the berries and also use the shrub for nesting.
Sharing with the #The Flower Hour.
~ Susanne
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 
Ferns are such beautiful plants, they are very plentiful throughout my home state of Michigan too although the leaves seem to look a bit different than the ones you show. I like the little white “nodules”, so cute, they look like tiny eggs. 🥰
They are beautiful, and there are so many different varieties!
Yes! 🥰
You captured the ancient beauty of the ferns perfectly, Susanne! I’m a little jealous that we dont have many ferns on our side of WA. Those little snowberries are beautiful too. That pic and the last fern closeup are stunning shots!!
Thanks so much, Terri! I love having them everywhere here in the woods but we pay for it with all the rain! 😃
Wonderful photographs. Thanks for sharing. But don`t forget ferns are all very poisonous, also for animals. Best wishes, Michael
Thanks, Michael. Some are poisonous, most are not. Most of those in my pictures are sword ferns and are not poisonous. Some house plants are (such as, asparagus fern which is not a true fern.)
Lovely ferns Susanne. we get a good variety here too, especially on the wet side of the island.
Thanks, Graham. They seem to love the rain!
I like ferns, and also like indoor plants. We have a lot of ferns here because of the high rainfall and high humidity.
I like ferns too, and we also pay for them with the rain. ☺️
I always enjoy the variety of ferns in the woodlands around Beetley. They have a beauty in their own right, as you say.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete. They give the woods a richness, and ancient, magical feel.
Lovely. Count me in as a fern fan.
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