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

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

• Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
• Braun's Holly Fern (Polystichum braunii)
• Broad Beech Fern (Phegopteris hexagonoptera)
• Bulblet Fern (Cystopteris bulbifera)
• Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
• Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)
• Clinton's Wood Fern (Dryopteris clintoniana)
• Crested Shield Fern (Dryopteris cristata)
• Cut-leaved Grape Fern (Sceptridium dissectum)
• Daisy Leaf Grape Fern (Botrychium matricariifolium)
• Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
• Fragile Fern (Cystopteris fragilis)
• Goldie's Fern (Dryopteris goldiana)
• Green Spleenwort (Asplenium viride)
• Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
• Intermediate Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia)
• Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana)
• Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
• Leathery Grape Fern (Sceptridium multifidum)
• Long Beech Fern (Phegopteris connectilis)
• Mackay's Fragile Fern (Cystopteris tenuis)
• Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)
• Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
• Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)
• Marginal Shield Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)
• Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)
• Mingan Moonwort (Botrychium minganense)
• Narrow-leaved Glade Fern (Homalosorus pycnocarpos)
• New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
• Northern Adder's Tongue (Ophioglossum pusillum)
• Northern Holly Fern (Polystichum lonchitis)
• Oak Fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)
• Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
• Polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
• Purple-stemmed Cliffbrake (Pellaea atropurpurea)
• Rattlesnake Fern (Botrypus virginianus)
• Robert's Fern (Gymnocarpium robertianum)
• Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
• 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)
• Wall Rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria)

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