Ferns (Polypodiopsida)

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Dryopteridaceae
(Wood Fern Family)

Dryopteridaceae
(Wood Fern Family)

Dryopteridaceae
(Wood Fern Family)

Cystopteris reevesiana

Dryopteris filix-mas

Polystichum lonchitis

Reeve's Brittlefern

Male Fern

Holly Fern

Equisetaceae
(Horsetail Family)

Equisetaceae
(Horsetail Family)

Equisetaceae
(Horsetail Family)

Equisetum arvense

Equisetum praealtum

Equisetum laevigatum

Field Horsetails

Scouring Rush

Smooth Scouring Rush

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Botrychium echo

Botrychium hesperium

Botrychium lanceolatum

Echo Moonwort

Western Moonwort

Lance-leaf Moonwort

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Botrychium minganense

Botrychium neolunaria

Botrychium pallidum
(B. furculatum sp. nov. ined.)

Botrychium pinnatum

Botrychium tunux

Mingan Moonwort

New Moon Moonwort

Pale Moonwort

Pinnate Moonwort

Moosewort

Polypodiaceae
(Polypody Family)

Polypodium hesperium

Western Polypody

Pteridaceae
(Maidenhair Fern Family)

Pteridaceae
(Maidenhair Fern Family)

Pteridaceae
(Maidenhair Fern Family)

Pteridaceae
(Maidenhair Fern Family)

Argyrochosma limitanea

Myriopteris gracilis
Synonym: Cheilanthes feei

Cryptogramma 
acrostichoides

Cryptogramma 
stelleri

Cloak Fern

Slender Lip Fern

Rock Brake

Steller's Rock Brake