Ferns of Southern Vancouver Island

field horsetail
Equisetum arvense 1
rough horsetail
Equisetum hyemale 2
western scouringrush
Equisetum hyemale affine 3
smooth horsetail
Equisetum laevigatum 4
shady horsetail
Equisetum pratense 5
great horsetail
Equisetum telmateia 6
leathery grapefern
Sceptridium multifidum 7
water fern
Azolla filiculoides 8
brittle bladderfern
Cystopteris fragilis 9
lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina 10
deer fern
Struthiopteris spicant
lace lip fern
Myriopteris gracillima 11
goldback fern
Pentagramma triangularis 12
serpentine fern
Aspidotis densa 13
American parsley fern
Cryptogramma acrostichoides 14
western maidenhair fern
Adiantum aleuticum 15
Adiantum aleuticum aleuticum
Adiantum aleuticum aleuticum
dwarf maidenhair fern
Adiantum aleuticum subpumilum
common bracken
Pteridium aquilinum 16
Hairy brackenfern
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens 17
maidenhair spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes 18
Narrowleaf sword fern
Polystichum imbricans 19
western sword fern
Polystichum munitum 20
spreading wood fern
Dryopteris expansa 21
licorice fern
Polypodium glycyrrhiza 15
western polypody
Polypodium hesperium 22
leathery polypody
Polypodium scouleri 23
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