Fern and Allies of the Mid-Atlantic Region
Spore-bearing Vascular Plants


Ferns   –   Horsetails   –   Clubmosses

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Polypodiopsida - Ferns & Horsetails

 
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Aspleniaceae - Spleenwort family

Asplenium pinnatifidum - Lobed Spleenwort   [Aspleniaceae]
Asplenium platyneuron - Ebony Spleenwort   [Aspleniaceae]
Asplenium rhizophyllum - Walking Fern   [Aspleniaceae]
 
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Blechnaceae - Chain Fern family

Woodwardia areolata - Netted Chain Fern   [Blechnaceae]
Woodwardia virginica (C. fragilis) - Virginia Chain Fern   [Blechnaceae]
 
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Cystopteridaceae - Bladder Fern family

Cystopteris protrusa - Lowland Brittle Fern (Lowland Bladder Fern, Lowland Fragile Fern)   [Cystopteridaceae]
 
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Dennstaedtiaceae - Bracken family

Dennstaedtia punctilobula - Hay-scented Fern   [Dennstaedtiaceae]
Pteridium aquilinum - Bracken Fern   [Dennstaedtiaceae]
 
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Dryopteridaceae - Wood Fern family

Dryopteris intermedia - Intermediate Wood Fern (Evergreen Wood Fern)   [ Dryopteridaceae]
Dryopteris marginalis - Marginal Wood Fern   [ Dryopteridaceae]
Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas Fern   [Dryopteridaceae]
 
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Equisetaceae - Horsetail family

Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail   [Equisetaceae]
Equisetum hyemale - Tall Scouring Rush   [Equisetaceae]
 
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Onocleaceae - Sensitive Fern family

Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern   [Onocleaceae]
 
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Ophioglossaceae - Adder's-tongue family

Botrypus virginianus - Rattlesnake Fern   [Ophioglossaceae]
Sceptridium dissectum - Cut-leaf Grape Fern (Dissected Grape Fern)   [Ophioglossaceae]
 
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Osmundaceae - Royal Fern family

Claytosmunda claytoniana - Interrupted Fern   [Osmundaceae ]
Osmunda spectabilis - Royal Fern   [Osmundaceae ]
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum - Cinnamon Fern   [Osmundaceae ]
 
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Polypodiaceae - Polypody family

Polypodium appalachianum - Appalachian Rock Polypody (Appalachian Rockcap Fern)   [Polypodiaceae]
Polypodium virginianum - Rock Polypody (Common Polypody)   [Polypodiaceae]
 
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Pteridaceae - Maidenhair Fern family

Adiantum pedatum - Northern Maidenhair Fern   [Pteridaceae]
Cheilanthes lanosa (Myriopteris lanosa) - Hairy Lip Fern   [Pteridaceae]
Pellaea atropurpurea - Purple Cliff-brake   [Pteridaceae]
 
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Theylpteridaceae - Marsh Fern family

Parathelypteris noveboracensis (Thelypteris noveboracensis) - New York Fern   [Thelypteridaceae]
Phegopteris hexagonoptera - Broad Beech Fern   [Thelypteridaceae]
 
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Woodsiaceae - Lady Fern family

Athyrium asplenioides - Southern Lady Fern   [Woodsiaceae]

Clubmoss Family - Lycopodiaceae

Dendrolycopodium obscurum - Common Tree-clubmoss (Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Princess Pine)   [Lycopodiaceae]
Diphasiastrum digitatum - Southern Ground-cedar (Running ground-cedar, Crowsfoot, Common ground-cedar)   [Lycopodiaceae ]
Huperzia lucidula - Shining Clubmoss (Shining Firmoss)   [Lycopodiaceae]
Lycopodium clavatum - Staghorn Clubmoss (Wolf's-foot Clubmoss)   [Lycopodiaceae ]
Spinulum annotinum - Interrupted Clubmoss (Stiff Clubmoss, Bristly Clubmoss)   [Lycopodiaceae]

Ferns   –   Horsetails   –   Clubmosses

Selected Flora and Fungi of the Mid-Atlantic Region

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