Andrew Parkinson / Red deer {Cervus elaphus} adult stag roaring during the October rut, Leicestershire, UK

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Female whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) perched on bracken frond, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, June.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years feeding on fern leaves, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Floris van Breugel / Hoar frost coats the edges of ferns in a clearing in Washington's Olympic National Park, USA. December.

Alex Hyde / Brittle Bladder / Common Fragile Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) growing in protective gryke in limestone pavement, Yorkshire Dales, UK. April.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Recently burnt heathland, showing new Bracken growth (Pteridium aquilinum), Caesar's Camp, Fleet, Hampshire, England, UK, May.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Bracken, flowering Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) and Ling (Calluna vulgaris). Rockford Common, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest lowland heathland from Rockford Common at dawn, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK

Erlend Haarberg / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) standing near fern, Norway, September

Ben Hall / Fallow deer (Dama dama) in woodland clearing at dawn, Cheshire, UK November

Ben Hall / Fallow deer (Dama dama) in woodland clearing, Cheshire, UK August

Martin Gabriel / Hiking trail along ancient aqueduct in Los Tilos National Park. World Biosphere Reserve, La Palma Island, Canary Islands, February.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scots pine forest extending up to natural tree line, with bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) in foreground, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, September 2011

Nick Garbutt / Unravelling Fern fronds (Unknown species). Near Nepenthes Field Camp, mid-altitude montane forest. Centre of Maliau Basin, Sabah's 'Lost World', Borneo.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Silver birch (Betula pendula) with trunk covered in moss in natural woodland, Beinn Eighe NNR, Highlands, NW Scotland, UK, May

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Bell heather (Erica cinerea) flowering on Rockford Common, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August 2011

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Atlantic oak wood (Quercus petraea), Achduart, Coigach and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Did you know? 284 species of insect are reliant on oak trees.

Andy Rouse / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in autumn woodland, UK, (non-ex)

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) perched on fern with prey in beak, Murlough Nature Reserve, Co Down, Northern Ireland, UK, June

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) perched on Bracken, Murlough Nature Reserve, Co Down, Northern Ireland, UK, June

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

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Fire-damaged landscape with new fern growth, near Lochinver, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female in woodland undergrowth, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female in woodland undergrowth smelling air for scent of human, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Photographer quote: 'I am not sure if it was my lack of smelly shower...

Steve Nicholls / Lava field with growth of Dotted polypody fern (Polypodium pellucidum), Kilauea, Hawaii, USA, August 2008

Juergen Freund / Coral reefs exposed by the April 2nd 2007 earthquake that lifted the island of Ranongga by 3m, Solomon Islands, Pacific, July 2010.

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / New tree emerging from its protective collar / guard, The National Forest, Central England, UK, November 2010. Did you know? In recent years woodland cover in The National Forest has increased from 6%...

Floris van Breugel / Morning sun rays breaking through the tree trunks, of Redwood National Park, California, USA. June 2008.

David Kjaer / Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne) at rest on Bracken with wings open, Bentley Wood, Wiltshire, England, UK

Edwin Giesbers / Sunlight falling on Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion scriptum) flowering in Beech wood, Hallerbos, Belgium, April, long exposure

Tim Laman / A waterfall in the lowland rainforest of Borneo, with pool surrounded by ferns and other plants. Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Tim Laman / A waterfall in the lowland rainforest of Borneo, with pool surrounded by ferns and other plants. Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Niall Benvie / Head portrait of Highland cow, Scotland, with tiny frond of bracken at corner of mouth, UK

Niall Benvie / MYN / Unfurling single frond of Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) Scotland, UK

Alan Watson / Frond pattern of tree ferns (Cyathea arborea) in lowland tropical rainforest at 420 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic.

Alan Watson / Frond pattern of tree ferns (Cyathea arborea) in lowland tropical rainforest at 420 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic.

Stephen Dalton / Giant lacewing (Osmylus fulvicephalus) in flight. UK

Inaki Relanzon / Pyrenean Brown Bear (Ursus arctos pyrenaicus) sat within a carpet of ferns, in a woodland (captive) Asturias Bear Foundation, Asturias, Spain. October 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Pyrenean Brown Bear (Ursus arctos pyrenaicus) sitting amongst bracken and ferns (captive) Asturias Bear Foundation, Asturias, Spain. October 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancarelli / Ferns and Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion non-scriptum) Hallerbos, Belgium, April 2009. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Black maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus veneris) with water falling past, near Kravice falls, Trebizat River, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) growing between rocks, Burren National Park, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Laurisilva forest, Laurus azorica among other trees in Garajonay National Park, La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Laurisilva forest floor, with fungi growing on fallen tree, Tilos Natural Park, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, March 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Fallen tree surrounded by ferns, Moricsala Strict Nature Reserve, Moricsala Island, Lake Usma, Latvia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Ferns in a valley, Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancarelli / Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) amongst Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion non-scriptum) Hallerbos Belgium, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Tønning / Halerbach / Haupeschbach flowing between large moss covered rocks with Male ferns (Dryopteris filix mas) growing, Beaufort, Mullerthal, Luxembourg, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Falklind / Dala river, where Brown trout (Salmo trutta) live, flowing through wood with fallen trees across the river, Gtene, Vstra Gtaland, Sweden, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Moonwort fern (Botrychium lunaria) Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Ferns growing on the Krinice River banks, Kyov, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Ferns growing on the Krinice River bank, Kyov, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Schandy / Park ranger, Ramazan Khubiev, on horseback in an old Nordmann fir (Abies nordmanniana) forest, Arkhyz valley, western section of the Teberdinsky Biosphere reserve, Caucasus, Russia, July 2008 (Model...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Cave near Pelvin, Bulgaria, May 2008

Bruno D'Amicis / Dense vegetation in old-growth Afromontane cloud forest, Kaffa Zone, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa December 2008

Jouan & Rius / Looking down from tree canopy to tree ferns of Mountain forest below, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Royal eucalyptus (Eucalyptus regnans) and Soft tree-ferns (Dicksonia antarctica), Tarra Bulga National Park, Victoria, Australia.

Jack Dykinga / Water shamrocks / Water clover (Marsilea mucronata) floating on the surface of a canyon pool. Peck Canyon, Atascosa Mountains, Coronado National Forest, Arizona

Jack Dykinga / Anonilla (Rollinia jimenezii), Crinum Lilies (Crinum scabrum) and ferns (Thelypteris sp) in the roots of a Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), La Tovara Wetlands, San Blas, Mexico, Central America

Jack Dykinga / Club moss {Lycopodium sp} on trunks of Sitka spruce trees {Picea sitchensis} Hoh temperate rainforest, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Jack Dykinga / Moss covered trunks of Sitka spruce {Picea sitchensis} and Big leaf maple {Acer macrophyllum}, also Sword ferns {Polystichum munitum} Hoh temperate rainforest, Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Staffan Widstrand / Buttress roots details, Manaus, Brazil, South America

Dave Watts / Eastern Quoll {Dasyurus viverrinus} on log, dark phase, Tasmania, Australia.

Jose B. Ruiz / Abstract of Lady-fren frond {Athyrium filix femina}

Duncan Mcewan / Common polypody fern (Polypodium vulgare) Sori on underside of frond, Scotland

Duncan Mcewan / Common polypody fern (Polypodium vulgare) sori on underside of frond, Scotland

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Vegetation of Atlantic rainforest, Carlos Botelho SP, Sao Paula, Brazil

John Cancalosi / Red deer stag (Cervus elaphus) during rut with braken in antlers, England, UK, Europe

John Cancalosi / Red deer stag (Cervus elaphus) during rut with braken in antlers. England UK, Europe

Elio Della Ferrera / Rainforest interior with ferns and pond Sinharaja FR, Sri Lanka

Pete Cairns / Pine marten {Martes martes} Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Kim Taylor / Wood-boring / Longhorn beetle {Rhagium mordax} on bracken. UK.

Philippe Clement / Bluebell flowers and bracken {Hyacinthoides non-scripta} Belgium

Neil Lucas / Wistmans Wood, Devon, UK - ancient oak woodland (Quercus robur, Quercus petraea and hybrids)

Andrew Parkinson / Fallow deer male in velvet {Dama dama} Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, UK

Niall Benvie / Sea spleenwort {Asplenium auritum} Scotland, UK

Pete Cairns / Native birch woodland in autumn, Glenstrathfarrar NNR, Scotland, UK

Pete Cairns / Birch woodland in Autumn. Glen Strathfarra NNR, Highlands Scotland, UK

SIMON KING / Red deer fawn, one-day-old, lying in bracken (Cervus elaphus) Scotland UK

Niall Benvie / Red deer stag in sunlight {Cervus elaphus} Highlands, Scotland, UK

Pete Cairns / Birch woodland in autumn with river + bracken. Glen Strathfarra NNR, Scotland, UK

Neil Lucas / Water fall in Olympic National Park, Washington state USA

Dave Watts / Staghorn fern in rainforest {Platycerium superbum} Queensland, Australia

Larry Michael / Lady fern fronds {Athyrium filix femina} Wisconsin, USA, North America

Bernard Castelein / Bluebells {Hyacinthoides non-scripta} flowering with broad buckler fern in Beech forest. Hallerbos, Belgium

Doug Wechsler / Treefern in subtropical rainforest. Luquillo NF, Puerto Rico, West Indies

Jabruson / Oil pipeline with forest cleared to allow easy inspection fo the pipeline. Gamba town, Ogooue-Maritime / Nyanga, Gabon, February 2009

Jabruson / Oil pipeline with forest cleared to allow easy inspection fo the pipeline. Gamba town, Ogooue-Maritime / Nyanga, Gabon, February 2009

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Harts tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium / Phyllitis scolopendrium) unfurling, controlled conditions, Broxwater, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Lady fern (Athyrium filix). Pencil and watercolor painting.

Mike Read / Rainbow over Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) and autumn coloured Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) on heathland at Steephill Bottom, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, with rain bearing cumul...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years feeding on fern leaves, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years feeding on fern leaves, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Fiona Rogers / Western chimpazee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years feeding on fern leaves. Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.