The Ferns and Fern-Allies of Northern Neck, Virginia

Abstract

Northern Neck is the peninsula that lies to the south of the Potomac River and is bounded on the north by that river, on the south by the Rappahannock River, and on the east by the Chesapeake Bay. Five counties make up the peninsula: (from the northernmost to the southernmost) King George, Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, and Lancaster. The peninsula is about 90 miles in length from the bend of the Potomac River southeastward to the Chesapeake Bay, and varies from 10 to 25 miles in width. Northern Neck is made of