Juan Manuel Borrero / Detail of fern. Historical National Sanctuary of Machu Pichu. Peru

Ross Hoddinott / Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) backlit among bluebell carpet. West Woods, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Oak fern (Gymnocarpium) fronds. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England.

Stephen Dalton / Fern fronds (Spenomeris sp.)

Duncan Mcewan / Lemon Scented Fern (Oreopteris limbosperma) sori on underside of frond, Scotland

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant tree ferns (Dicksonia sellowiana) near Urubici town, Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Fern, Dlouhy Dul, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, September 2008

Ben Hall / Fallow deer (Dama dama) amongst bracken in oak woodland, Cheshire, UK, August, Highly Commended, Habitat category, British Wildlife Phototgraphy Awards (BWPA) competition 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Tasmanian tree fern (Balantium antarcticum) Madeira, March 2009

Neil Lucas / Sori on the underside of a Fern stem

Guy Edwardes / Broad Buckler Fern (Dryopteris dilata)~close-up of fern frond unfurling, Hooke, Beaminster, Dorset, England, May

Ross Hoddinott / Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Butterfly (Boloria selene) resting on emerging fern. Boscastle, North Cornwall, UK, May.