basket fern: tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil
sword fern: any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
american egret: a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus