What are some of the different kinds of ferns?

Different types of ferns include resurrection fern, strap fern and leather fern. Other types of fern are maidenhair fern, lady fern, New York fern, male fern and ostrich fern.

Resurrection fern grows on trees and rocks from the tropics and north to eastern North America. Venus maidenhair fern is known for its beautiful, fan-shaped subleaflets. Young ostrich fern are eaten as a vegetable. Male fern is used to kill parasitic worms.

Strap fern has straplike leaves and grows on logs and stumps. Leather fern is a tropical fern whose compound leaves can be as long as 9 feet. Sori, structures that hold spores, are so abundant on the underside of the leaf that they resemble leather.