作者与资源站定位
Roger Golding 是英国业余园艺爱好者，长期在不列颠及爱尔兰群岛境内拍摄与整理本地的蕨类、木贼、石松与水韭资源，建站以来以个人身份独立维护一份按属归类的物种图鉴，内容含形态描述、野外分布记录与部分归化种条目，对英国及爱尔兰的野生与园艺蕨类爱好者长期开放使用。
内容范围与分类覆盖
资源站按现代植物分类法将植物分为 Monilophytes（真蕨类与木贼）和 Lycophytes（石松、卷柏与水韭）两大群，下设约 30 个属，其中真蕨类覆盖 Adiantum、Asplenium、Athyrium、Botrychium、Dryopteris、Equisetum、Osmunda、Polypodium、Polystichum、Pteridium、Thelypteris 等常见属，石松类则含 Diphasiastrum、Huperzia、Isoetes、Lycopodium、Selaginella 等小属，累计收录原种与亚种逾 70 个。
分类要点与近期补录
站内分类及时跟进学术进展，例如 2007 年 Christopher Fraser-Jenkins 对 Dryopteris affinis 复合群的重新评估将该种拆分为 affinis、borreri、cambrensis、pseudodisjuncta、lacunosa、oreades、submontana 等独立种，新版图鉴对这些拆分全部予以承认。”What is New” 板块按拍摄时间倒序排布近期补录的物种影像，包括 2010 年 8 月在苏格兰西南部新发现的 Dryopteris pseudodisjuncta、Asplenium ceterach、Diphasiastrum alpinum、Dryopteris submontana、Equisetum palustre 与 Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pinetorum 等条目。
图鉴编排与导航结构
主页上方以 30 余个属名为锚点链接，按真蕨与石松两段分区排列；每个属单独成页，先给出属级形态描述，再列下属内英国及爱尔兰原种与归化种，辅以拉丁名与英文俗名对照的索引页。页眉长期保留 Equisetum telmateia、Trichomanes speciosum、Blechnum spicant 三张代表性物种照片循环展示。
致谢与外部合作机构
页面底部明确标注图文与设计版权归 Roger Golding 本人所有，并向 Adrian Dyer、Frank McGavigan、Anthony Pigott、Andrew Leonard、Jenni Navratil 等协助者致谢，同时与 British Pteridological Society（英国蕨类学会）保持长期联系，主页右栏长期嵌入学会标志链接，以供读者延伸阅读。
Author and Site Overview
Roger Golding is a British amateur horticulturist who has long documented the ferns, horsetails, clubmosses and quillworts of Britain and Ireland through photographs and field notes, maintaining a personal, genus-by-genus reference of native and established species with morphological notes and distribution records freely shared with fern enthusiasts in the region.
Coverage and Taxonomic Scope
Following modern taxonomy, the site divides the plants into two main groups — Monilophytes (true ferns and horsetails) and Lycophytes (clubmosses, spikemosses and quillworts) — covering about 30 genera including Adiantum, Asplenium, Athyrium, Botrychium, Dryopteris, Equisetum, Osmunda, Polypodium, Polystichum, Pteridium and Thelypteris among the true ferns, and Diphasiastrum, Huperzia, Isoetes, Lycopodium and Selaginella among the lycophytes, with more than 70 species and subspecies in total.
Key Notes and Recent Additions
The site keeps pace with academic revisions — notably the 2007 reappraisal by Christopher Fraser-Jenkins, who split the Dryopteris affinis complex into separate species including affinis, borreri, cambrensis, pseudodisjuncta, lacunosa, oreades and submontana, all of which are recognised in the current guide. A “What is New” section lists recently photographed species in reverse chronological order, including Dryopteris pseudodisjuncta from south-west Scotland (August 2010), Asplenium ceterach, Diphasiastrum alpinum, Dryopteris submontana, Equisetum palustre and Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pinetorum.
Layout and Navigation
The home page anchors the reader to more than 30 genera, divided into a Monilophytes block and a Lycophytes block; each genus occupies its own page with a generic description followed by a list of native and naturalised British and Irish species. An index page provides both Latin and English common-name lookups, and the page header cycles representative images of Equisetum telmateia, Trichomanes speciosum and Blechnum spicant.
Acknowledgements and Partner Society
The footer states that text, images and design are © Roger Golding unless otherwise noted, and acknowledges the help of Adrian Dyer, Frank McGavigan, Anthony Pigott, Andrew Leonard and Jenni Navratil. The site maintains a long-standing link with the British Pteridological Society, whose logo is displayed on the home page for further reading.
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