The Hobbs Fern Sanctuary, a New England Wild Flower Society property in northern New Hampshire, is home to a surprising diversity of club-mosses and horsetails, in addition to the nearly 50 kinds of ferns which flourish there. These groups of spore-bearing plants are related to extinct plants that dominated the landscape during the Dinosaur Age. The course covers identification features used to distinguish most of the species. After inside discussion of photographs, drawings, and specimens, we will hike around the Sanctuary to see them in situ. The evergreen species will stand out well against the background so late in the season. Bring a bag lunch and a hand lens.