Dr. Larry Mellichamp led us on a wonderful Fern Workshop on the Nature Trail at the Pisgah Forest Visitor Center on July 8. Besides learning how to identify ferns, we also encountered plenty of Sticktites and Spice bushes. Thanks, Larry. We learned a lot!
![Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) [Dryopteridaceae]](https://i0.wp.com/wcbotanicalclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/botony4-earlyspring.jpg?w=418&h=448&ssl=1 "Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) [Dryopteridaceae]")
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt and Alice Greko
Western Carolina Botanical Club 