Our Native Ferns and Their Allies is a comprehensive guide to the ferns and fern allies of North America, providing detailed descriptions and illustrations of more than 300 species. Written by the leading American botanist Lucien M. Underwood and first published in 1881, this work remains an invaluable resource for botanists, naturalists, and fern enthusiasts. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.