Possessives

• adder: Over one hundred species of plant have been recorded here, including green winged orchid and adder's tongue fern.

Converse of object

• grow: Prepare a potting media mix suitable for growing ferns in.

Adjective modifier

• lemon-scented: In the more wooded areas royal fern and lemon-scented fern grow.

• filmy: Filmy fern grows along the banks of the Sillees River as it runs through Correl Glen.

• hardy: Tiny mosses, hardy ferns or miniature bulbs will add extra interest.

• deciduous: This deciduous fern makes the perfect addition to moist margins of a pond or stream in sun or partial shade.

• evergreen: If you have evergreen ferns you will need to trim off all the brown dead leaves to allow the fresh to grow through.

• giant: The giant tree ferns are a wonder to behold.

Modifies a noun

• frond: Yesterday, the third time we had used it, I was shredding dead tree fern fronds.

• spore: People used to believe that if a person carried fern spores, they would become invisible.

• ally: It was established in 1893 with the objective of fostering interest in ferns and fern allies.

• leaf: The kiwi, like the fern leaf is often used as a national emblem.

• specie: Polyploidy has featured in the evolutionary history of the vast majority of plants, including perhaps 95 % of fern species.

• forest: Kauai is home to canyons and sea turtles, while Maui interweaves fern forests and underground caves.

Noun used with modifier

• buckler: The fens are home to the nationally rare crested buckler fern.

• maidenhair: The leaves resemble those of the maidenhair fern, hence its common name.

• adder's-tongue: Pepper saxifrage, normally a lowland plant, and adder's-tongue fern also occur here.

• hart's-tongue: Several rose species are found here and hart's-tongue fern is also present.

• parsley: NOTES TO EDITORS: [ 1 ] Whernside SSSI is designated for its outstanding assemblage of plant species including parsley fern.

• bracken: I did want a couple of bracken ferns but couldn't find them.