Ferns

• Common Name
• Latin Name
• Genus
• French Name
• Family
• Fern Groups
• Number of Leaf Divisions (Cuts)
• Fern Silhouettes

Glossary of Fern Terminology

For suggested books about ferns see the Booklist

Links to other sites about ferns

Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)

List of Ferns on this site (by common name)
(41 species now on this site)

• Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum)
• Braun's Holly Fern (Polystichum braunii)
• Bulblet Fern (Cystopteris bulbifera)
• Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
• Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
• Crested Shield Fern (Dryopteris cristata)
• Cut-leaved Grape Fern (Botrychium dissectum)
• Daisy Leaf Grape Fern (Botrychium matricariifolium)
• Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
• Fragile Fern (Cystopteris fragilis)
• Goldie's Fern (Dryopteris goldiana)
• Green Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum)
• Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum)
• Intermediate Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia)
• Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana)
• Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum)
• Leathery Grape Fern (Botrychium multifidum)
• Long Beech Fern (Phegopteris connectilis)
• Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)
• Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
• Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)
• Marginal Shield Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)
• Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens)
• Narrow-leaved Glade Fern (Diplazium pycnocarpon)
• Northern Adder's Tongue (Ophioglossum pusillum)
• Northern Holly Fern (Polystichum lonchitis)
• Oak Fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)
• Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica)
• Polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
• Purple-stemmed Cliffbrake (Pellaea atropurpurea)
• Rattlesnake Fern (Botrychium virginianum)
• Robert's Fern (Gymnocarpium robertianum)
• Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis)
• Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
• Silvery Glade Fern (Deparia acrostichoides)
• Slender Cliffbrake (Cryptogramma stelleri)
• Smooth Cliffbrake (Pellaea glabella)
• Smooth Woodsia (Woodsia glabella)
• Spinulose Wood Fern (Dryopteris carthusiana)
• Virginia Chain Fern (Woodwardia virginica)
• Walking Fern (Asplenium rhizophyllum)

Polypody (Polypodium virginianum)

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Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)

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