In message , madgardener
writes
thanks Stewart! once again you've educated me and proven once more
that I learn something new every day and still want to go to college to
learn more about Horticulture! REALLY!! I'm being serious. I liked
this so well, I sent it to myself so I'd be able to put it into my
garden journal. Now if I could only identify the fern I brought with me
from my house in Nashville 13 years ago that has adapted itself to
direct sunlight of south and western exposure that I've nicknamed my
"Stainless steal, cast iron Nashville walking fern" because it's
tenacity towards sunlight and toughness, and that it sends out "toes"
for the next year's ferns to rise from, hense the name "walking fern"
I have pictures...............but you'd have to e-mail me to see them.
I don't post here anymore and apparently my posted pictures on the
newsgroup that allows pictures gets no responses either..... madgardener

Then you may be interested in

http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/

which is the nearest thing to the last word in flowering plant
classification that you'll find in one place.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley