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MatBio: FERNS & MOSSES - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Eared Spleenwort 1
Asplenium erosum
Bicolored Spleenwort 2
Asplenium heterochroum
Carolina Mosquito Fern 3
Azolla caroliniana
Toothed Midsorus Fern 4
Blechnum serrulatum
Netted Chain Fern 5
Woodwardia areolata
Virginia Chain Fern 6
Woodwardia virginica
Tailed Bracken 7
Pteridium aquilinum pseudocaudatum
Japanese Netvein Holly Fern 8
Cyrtomium falcatum
Scouring Rush 9
Equisetum hyemale affine
Southern Club-Moss 10
Lycopodiella appressa
Slender Club-Moss 11
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana
Nodding Club-Moss 12
Lycopodiella cernua
Stalked Adder's-Tongue 13
Ophioglossum petiolatum
Cinnamon Fern 14
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis spectabilis
Plume Polypody 13
Pecluma plumula
Golden Polypody 4
Phlebodium aureum
Resurrection Fern 13
Pleopeltis polypodioides michauxiana
Whisk-Fern 13
Psilotum nudum
Giant Leather Fern 4
Acrostichum danaeifolium
Venus'-Hair Fern 15
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Brittle Maidenhair 16
Adiantum tenerum
Chinese Ladder Brake 17
Pteris vittata
Water Spangles 18
Salvinia minima
Japanese Climbing Fern 19
Lygodium japonicum
Sand Spike-Moss 20
Selaginella arenicola
Mariana Maiden Fern 21
Macrothelypteris torresiana
Downy Maiden Fern 22
Thelypteris dentata
Hairy Maiden Fern
Thelypteris hispidula versicolor
Widespread Maiden Fern 23
Thelypteris kunthii
Shoestring Fern 13
Vittaria lineata
southern wood fern 24
Dryopteris ludoviciana
Pteridium caudatum 4
Copeland's Club-Moss
Lycopodiella × copelandii
Bruce's Club-Moss
Lycopodiella × brucei

Edited by matbio, and Jose Nunez

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