Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Ostrich feather / Shuttlecock ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Shuttlecock ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) and Black alder trres (Alnus glutinosa) in Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains range, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Shuttlecock ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) and Burdock (Arctium lappa) in Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains range, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Shuttlecock ferns (Matteuccia struthopteris) Burdock (Arctium lappa) and Black alder (Alnus glutinosa) in Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges county, Leota Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Shuttlecock ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) and Burdock (Arctium lappa) in Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains range, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Shuttlecock ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) and Black alder (Alnus glutinosa) in Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains range, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Sandra Bartocha / Common Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) frond unfurling, Germany, May

Sven Zacek / Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) growing from sand in woodland. Estonia, Europe, May.

Sven Zacek / Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) new growth by woodland river bank. Estonia, Europe, May.

Nature Production / Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) shoots on basket, Japan

Florian Möllers / Ferns, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, May.

Florian Möllers / Wall rue spleenwort (Asplenium ruta-muraria) growing on a wall in a cemetery, Berlin, Germany, October

Florian Möllers / Wall rue spleenwort (Asplenium ruta-muraria) growing on a wall in a cemetery, Berlin, Germany, October

Ingo Arndt / Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) in autumn forest, Hessen, Germany

Philippe Clement / Lemon-scented fern (Oreopteris limbosperma) among rocks, Germany

Philippe Clement / Alpine Lady-fern (Athyrium distentifolium) in forest, Germany

Philippe Clement / Alpine Lady-fern (Athyrium distentifolium) in forest, Germany

John Cancalosi / Fossil Fern (Pecopteris sp) from the Upper Carboniferous period, Germany

John Cancalosi / Fossilised Fern (Neuropteris sp.), Upper Carboniferous, Piesberg, Osnabruck, Germany

Niall Benvie / Ostrich plume fern {Matteuccia struthiopteris} unfurling, Norway.

Niall Benvie / Ostrich plume fern {Matteuccia struthiopteris} in a scree forest, May, Hordaland, Norway

Niall Benvie / Ostrich plume fern {Matteuccia struthiopteris} in a scree forest, May, Hordaland, Norway

Niall Benvie / Ostrich plume fern {Matteuccia struthiopteris} unfurling, May, Sør-Trøngelag, Norway Meetyourneighbours.net project

Konstantin Mikhailov / Young Ostrich ferns unfurling (Matteuccia struthiopteris) Ussuriland, Sikhote-Alin, SE Siberia, Russia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Forest floor with young Ostrich ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) unfurling in May, Ussuriland (Sikhote-Alin), SE Siberia, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) in forest understorey. Ussuriland, South Primorsky Region, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) in forest understorey. Ussuriland, South Primorsky Region, Russia

Bjorn Forsberg / Ostrich fern fronds unfurling {Matteuccis struthiopteris} Sweden

Konrad Wothe / Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) new growth of fiddleheads, Upper Bavaria, Germany