2011 Southeast Ohio Fern Foray

This page is under construction and is subject to revision.

This is not an event sponsored by any organization, just a multi-day outing organized by a lifetime member of the American Fern Society.
For more information, contact John Knouse at 502.608.2394 or by email at:

Tentative Schedule

Friday, June 23, 2011
Starting at noon, drive to Highlands Sanctuary (entry fee required of $6 per person; goes to a great cause!), west of Chillicothe for the afternoon, where there is a wealth of limestone-based flora; in early evening, go to Paint Creek State Park dam which is an exceptional site for Pellaea glabella.
Saturday, June 24, 2011
Starting at 7 am, drive to Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve, northwest of Jackson. Around noon, drive to Hocking Hills State Park and Crane Hollow Nature Preserve. Joe Moosbrugger will be our guide at Crane Hollow. These are all beautiful sandstone gorge systems, with acid flora.
Sunday, June 25, 2011
Starting at 8 am, see an unusual and undescribed polypody on Long Run, just outside of Athens. Then explore at Strouds Run State Park, just outside of Athens. This is a more pH-neutral flora.
Turtlehead Cave in Strouds Run State Park
 		 Valley of the Ancients, Highlands Sanctuary
 
Upper Falls at Old Man's Cave, Hocking HillsDow Lake at Strouds Run State ParkLower falls at Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills
 

Food

You have no commitments as a participant to food options. However, if you wish to participate, I will provide meals as follow:
  1. Friday lunch: From Miller's Fried Chicken, a local restaurant, a fried chicken lunch, with cole slaw and potato salad, $5 per person.
  2. Saturday breakfast: Continental breakfast, $3 per person.
  3. Saturday lunch: Eclectic cold-cut lunch, slightly more gourmet than plebian, $6 per person.
  4. Sunday breakfast: Continental breakfast, $3 per person.
Coffee and other drinks will be available at no extra charge. However, I need to know at least three days in advance (by June 20) whether you want to buy into these meals. I also need to know if you have any dietary requirements or strong preferences.

For Saturday supper, I intend to stop at a local eatery in the Hocking Hills area; everyone on their own bill. No plans for Sunday Supper.

NOTE (disclaimer): Because of health laws, I am legally permitted to only provide pre-packaged or ready-made foods from approved vendors if you give me money.

 
 

Travel

Local travel will be by carpooling. If you are a rider, you are asked to contribute to the driver's gas costs.
 
 

Camping

Strouds Run State Park CampgroundTwo rentable cabins, many tenting/pullin sites. No electricity, no showers, pit toilets. 10 minutes from Athens.
Burr Oak State Park CampgroundA full-service public campground, but 35 minutes from Athens.
Burr Oak Cove (Wayne National Forest) CampgroundOn the north side of Burr Oak Lake. No electricity, no showers. 30 minutes from Athens.
Carthage Gap CampgroundMainly an RV park, has electricity and wifi. 20 minutes from Athens.
Indian Mound CampgroundA full-service, private campground west of Athens. 20 minutes from Athens.
 
 

Cabins

Lake Hill CabinsRentable cabins on the edge of Strouds Run State Park. 15 minutes from Athens.
Lance Rural RentalsRentable accommodations in the Athens area. Variable distances.
 
 

Hotels and Motels

  • Hampton Inn
  • Baymont Inn
  • Budget Host Coach Inn
  • Days Inn
  • Holiday Inn Express
  • Highlander Motel
  • Knights Inn
  • Ohio University Inn

Pteridophyte Lists

Strouds Run State Park

  1. Diphasiastrum digitatum - groundcedar
  2. Dendrolycopodium obscurum - groundpine, princess pine
  3. Huperzia lucidula - shining firmoss
  4. Equisetum arvense - field horsetail
  5. Hippochaete hyemale (Equisetum hyemale) - scouring rush
  6. Ophioglossum pynostichum - adders-tongue
  7. Botrypus virginiana - rattlesnake fern
  8. Sceptridium dissectum - grape fern
  9. Osmundastrum cinnamomeum - cinnamon fern
  10. Osmunda claytoniana - interrupted fern
  11. Trichomanes intricatum - bristle fern gametophyte
  12. Dennstaedtia punctilobula - hayscented fern
  13. Pellaea atropurpurea - purple cliffbrake
  14. Adiantum pedatum - maidenhair fern
  15. Thelypteris noveboracensis - New York fern
  16. Phegopteris hexagonoptera - broad beech fern
  17. Asplenium rhizophyllum - walking fern
  18. Asplenium pinnatifidum - lobed spleenwort
  19. Asplenium platyneuron - ebony spleenwort
  20. Onoclea sensibilis - sensitive fern
  21. Athyrium angustum - northern lady fern
  22. Deparia acrostichoides - silvery glade fern
  23. Diplazium pycnostichum - narrow glade fern
  24. Cystopteris tenuis - upland fragile fern
  25. Cystopteris protrusa - lowland fragile fern
  26. Cystopteris bulbifera - bulblet fern
  27. Cystopteris tennesseensis - Shaver's bladder fern
  28. Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas fern
  29. Dryopteris goldiana - Goldie's wood fern
  30. Dryopteris marginalis - marginal wood fern
  31. Dryopteris carthusiana - spinulose wood fern
  32. Dryopteris intermedia - intermediate wood fern
  33. Polypodium virginianum - Virginia polypody
  34. Polypodium appalachianum - Appalachian polypody

 

Other species in the immediate area

  1. Asplenium montanum - mountain spleenwort
  2. Woodwardia areolata - netted chain fern
  3. Selaginella apoda - meadow spikemoss
  4. Thelypteris normalis - marsh fern
  5. Dryopteris cristata - crested wood fern
  6. Lygodium palmatum - climbing fern
  7. Matteuccia struthiopteris - ostrich fern

Hocking Hills Area - Lake Katharine

  1. Diphasiastrum digitatum - groundcedar
  2. Dendrolycopodium dendroideum - groundpine, princess pine
  3. Lycopodium clavatum - wolf's foot
  4. Huperzia lucidula - shining firmoss
  5. Huperzia porophila - rock firmoss
  6. Equisetum arvense - field horsetail
  7. Hippochaete hyemale (Equisetum hyemale) - scouring rush
  8. Ophioglossum pynostichum - adders-tongue
  9. Botrypus virginiana - rattlesnake fern
  10. Sceptridium dissectum - grape fern
  11. Osmundastrum cinnamomeum - cinnamon fern
  12. Osmunda claytoniana - interrupted fern
  13. Osmunda regalis - royal fern
  14. Trichomanes intricatum - bristle fern gametophyte
  15. Dennstaedtia punctilobula - hayscented fern
  16. Adiantum pedatum - maidenhair fern
  17. Thelypteris noveboracensis - New York fern
  18. Phegopteris hexagonoptera - broad beech fern
  19. Asplenium rhizophyllum - walking fern
  20. Asplenium pinnatifidum - lobed spleenwort
  21. Asplenium platyneuron - ebony spleenwort
  22. Asplenium montanum - mountain spleenwort
  23. Onoclea sensibilis - sensitive fern
  24. Athyrium angustum - northern lady fern
  25. Deparia acrostichoides - silvery glade fern
  26. Diplazium pycnostichum - narrow glade fern
  27. Cystopteris tenuis - upland fragile fern
  28. Cystopteris bulbifera - bulblet fern
  29. Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas fern
  30. Dryopteris marginalis - marginal wood fern
  31. Dryopteris intermedia - intermediate wood fern
  32. Polypodium appalachianum - Appalachian polypody

 

Limestone-loving species at Highlands Sanctuary

  1. Cystoperis bulbifera - bulblet fern
  2. Asplenium ruta-muraria - wall-rue
  3. Asplenium rhizophyllum
  4. Pellaea glabella - smooth cliffbrake
  5. Woodsia obtusa - blunt cliff fern