Andres M. Dominguez / Ferns on the forest floor with Cork trees (Quercus suber )stripped of bark in the background, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, southern Spain, November

David Pattyn / Tayra (Eira barbara) climbing in a tree in rainforest habitat with fern covered trees, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Tayra (Eira barbara) climbing in a tree in rainforest habitat with fern covered trees, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

Jack Dykinga / Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) and Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees that are covered with moss, Hoh Temperate Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. June 2017.

Tui De Roy / Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos). nesting amid Blechnum palmiforme tree ferns. Gough Island, Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Atlantic.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Ferns growing near fallen tree in Chestnut forest, Onati, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

Mark MacEwen / Snares island crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) in forest, Snares Island, New Zealand.

Tim Laman / Rock outcrops among tree fern forest at 3300 m elevation. Jayawijaya Mountains, New Guinea. June 2010

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

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

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.

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.

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 / 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

Jack Dykinga / Pink flowers fallen from Marlberry tree (Ardisia sp) in the forest canopy above onto dense carpet of ferns, El triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chaipas, Mexico

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

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

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...

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.

Jurgen Freund / Millaa Millaa Waterfall amongst tropical rainforest with Tree fern, Queensland, Australia

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 / 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

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

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

Georgette Douwma / Tree fern or Palm coral {Clavularia sp} Papua New Guinea

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

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

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

Jeff Foott / Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi), Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) and ferns, Yosemite National Park, California

Ingo Arndt / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp with epiphytes and ferns, Everglades National Park, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in swamp with epiphytes and ferns, Everglades National Park, Florida

Luciano Candisani / Treefrog (Dendropsophus elegans) on fern, Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Tree Frog (Hyla sp) balanced on fern fiddlehead, Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Claudio Contreras / Tree Fern (Cyathea sp.) detail, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, southern Mexico, May

Gerrit Vyn / Northern Pygmy owl (Glaucidium californicum) fledgling, Oregon, USA . June.

Jurgen Freund / Tree fern (Cyatheales) with epicormic growth, damaged in forest fire. Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. February 2020.

Jurgen Freund / Tree ferns overlooking Daintree Rainforest and mouth of Daintree river. Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia. 2015.

Jurgen Freund / Basket fern (Drynaria rigidula) growing on tree trunks in forest, view from below. Far North Queensland, Australia.

Jurgen Freund / Bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus) growing on tree trunk. Daintree Rainforest, Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia.