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Ferns and Fern Allies

The following thumbnail photographs are arranged alphabetically by
scientific family name, then by genus, and lastly by species name. 
Common names are attached to each thumbnail photograph.
Click on a thumbnail for enlarged photographs and descriptive information.

The scientific names of the families shown on this page are:
Adiantaceae, Aspidiaceae, Aspleniaceae, 
Athyriaceae, Cryptogrammaceae, Equisetaceae, Hypolepidaceae, Ophioglossaceae

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see "Keys to Photographs and Descriptions".

FERNS

Aspleniaceae
(Spleenwort Fern Family)

Aspleniaceae
(Spleenwort Fern Family)

Dennstaedtiaceae
(Bracken Family)
Asplenium trichomanes

Asplenium septentrionale

Asplenium trichomanes

Pteridium aquilinum

Grassfern

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Bracken Fern

 

Dryopteridaceae
(Wood Fern Family)

Dryopteridaceae
(Wood Fern Family)

Dryopteridaceae
(Wood Fern Family)

Dryopteridaceae
(Wood Fern Family)
Cystopteris fragilis
Cystopteris reevesiana
Polystichum lonchitis

Cystopteris fragilis

Cystopteris reevesiana

Dryopteris filix-mas

Polystichum lonchitis

Brittlefern

Brittlefern

Male Fern

Holly Fern

 

Pteridaceae
(Maidenhair Fern Family)

Pteridaceae
(Maidenhair Fern Family)

Pteridaceae
(Maidenhair Fern Family)

Pteridaceae
(Maidenhair Fern Family)
Cheilanthes feei
Cryptogramma 
Adiantum capillus-veneris

Cheilanthes feei

Cryptogramma 
acrostichoides

Cryptogramma 
stelleri
Southern Maidenhair Fern

Slender Lip Fern

Rock Brake

Steller's Rock Brake

 

Polypodiaceae
(Polypody Family)
Polypodium hesperium

Polypodium hesperium

Western Polypody

 

 

FERN ALLIES

Equisetaceae
(Horsetail Family)

Equisetaceae
(Horsetail Family)

Equisetum arvense

Equisetum hyemalis

Horsetails

Scouring Rush

 

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)
Botrychium echo
Botrychium hesperium
Botrychium lanceolatum

Botrychium echo

Botrychium hesperium

Botrychium lanceolatum

Moonwort, Botrychium

Moonwort, Botrychium

Moonwort, Botrychium

 

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)

Ophioglossaceae
(Adder's Tongue Family)
Botrychium minganense
Botrychium neolunaria
Botrychium pinnatum

Botrychium minganense

Botrychium neolunaria

Botrychium pinnatum

Moonwort, Botrychium

Moonwort, Botrychium

Moonwort, Botrychium

 

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