pteris

Several species of pteris, especially _P. serrulata, _ are valuable house ferns but require a warmer place than those mentioned above.

Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

I have seen three aspidiums, two woodsias, a lomaria, polypodium, cheilanthes, and several species of pteris.

Travels in Alaska John Muir 1876

The most important of the larger species are woodwardia, aspidium, asplenium, and, above all, the common pteris.

The Yosemite John Muir 1876

Many fine ferns dwell here also, especially the beautiful and interesting rock-ferns -- pellaea, and cheilanthes of several species -- fringing and rosetting dry rock-piles and ledges; woodwardia and asplenium on damp spots with fronds six or seven feet high; the delicate maiden-hair in mossy nooks by the falls, and the sturdy, broad-shouldered pteris covering nearly all the dry ground beneath the oaks and pines.

The Yosemite John Muir 1876

Nowhere, in the temperate zone, have I seen such an abundance of the pteris, blechnum, and asplenium; yet none of these plants have the stateliness of the arborescent ferns which, at the height of five or six hundred toises, form the principal ornament of equinoctial America.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

Nowhere, in the temperate zone, have I seen such an abundance of the pteris, blechnum, and asplenium; yet none of these plants have the stateliness of the arborescent ferns which, at the height of five or six hundred toises, form the principal ornament of equinoctial America.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

It said that there are 477 magnoliales, 12 pteris, 20 salt marsh flora and 4 amphibia, 10 reptilia, 40 aves, 4 mammalia in this ecosystem located in islands in Halong bay.

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