Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

Florence D. Hancock and Annabelle Lucas
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Species source document

Ferns of the Witwatersrand

Ferns of the Witwatersrand is a beautifully illustrated guide to identifying and appreciating the 32 species of ferns found in the area. Ferns are not commonly associated with the grasslands or savanna of the interior, but find moist and shaded conditions in kloofs, along rivers and wetland areas. This book successfully argues for the place of ferns in our imagination of our environment here, and for their appreciation regenerating our environment inside the urban landscape.

The area it covers is Nigel in the east, Randfontein in the west, Halfway House and Krugersdorp dolomites in the north, and Klip River and Klipspruit as far as Olifantsvlei and Van Wyk's Rust in the south.

Note: Isoëtes giessii was also listed in this book but not imported, as we could not find enough information on it that indicates it occurs in Gauteng.

Illustrated by Barbara Pike and Patsy-Lynne Edkins
Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, 1973

Linked species

The following 33 species were imported from this document.

  • Black maidenhair fern

    Adiantum capillus-veneris

  • Mexican maidenhair fern

    Adiantum poiretii poiretii

  • Grassveld Tree Fern

    Alsophila dregei

  • Scented Fern

    Anemia caffrorum

  • Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

  • Ethiopian spleenwort

    Asplenium aethiopicum

  • Scaly Fern

    Asplenium cordatum

  • Pointed Hard Fern

    Blechnum attenuatum giganteum

  • Southern Hard Fern

    Blechnum australe

  • Silver Fern

    Cerosora argentea

  • Dolomite Lipfern

    Cheilanthes dolomiticola

  • Resurrection Fern

    Cheilanthes eckloniana

  • Cheilanthes involuta involuta

  • Hard Lip Fern

    Cheilanthes viridis glauca

  • Grassland Fern

    Dryopteris athamantica

  • Thin-Stemmed Forest Fern

    Dryopteris inaequalis inaequalis

  • Branched Horsetail

    Equisetum ramosissimum

  • Woolly Lipfern

    Hemionitis hirta

  • Cluster Fern

    Hemionitis multifida

  • Four-Pinnate Lip Fern

    Hemionitis quadripinnata

  • Green Cliff Brake

    Hemionitis viridis viridis

  • Staghorn Clubmoss

    Lycopodiella cernua

  • Marsilea macrocarpa

  • Common Adders-tongue

    Ophioglossum polyphyllum

  • Southern Adder'S-Tongue

    Ophioglossum vulgatum

  • American Royal Fern

    Osmunda regalis

  • Hard Fern

    Pellaea calomelanos calomelanos

  • Common Bracken

    Pteridium aquilinum aquilinum

  • Cretan brake

    Pteris cretica

  • Ladder brake

    Pteris vittata

  • Drege's Spikemoss

    Selaginella dregei

  • Mitten's Spikemoss

    Selaginella mittenii

  • Swamp Fern

    Thelypteris confluens

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