• Students at South Peak

    Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller

    National Historical Park Vermont

Ferns

Ferns

Ferns

A Anderson

Ferns are an ancient line of plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds and therefore do not produce flowers. Elizabeth Billings, daughter of Frederick Billings, planted many of the ferns on the hill next to the mansion not only for their beauty but also so she could study them.Some common fern species found within the park are the Christmas fern and the lady fern.
 
Fern in Autumn
Fern in Autumn
K Jones

Did You Know?

A detail from sculpted Shaw Memorial, showing a man on horseback and soldiers marching alongside. NPS Photo.

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP offers the system's first Civil War Home Front tour. 11 African-American veterans of the 54th Massachusetts are buried adjacent to the park. The Shaw Memorial, immortalizing the 54th, can be seen at Saint-Gaudens NHS and Boston African-American NHS.