Mitteldorf Preserve Field Guide

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Taxonomy
« Back To Vascular Plants Phylum Tracheophyta
- Ferns Class Polypodiopsida
  - 2 Horsetails Subclass Equisetidae
  - 18 Leptosporangiate Ferns Subclass Polypodiidae

great horsetail ¹
Equisetum telmateia

Giant Horsetail ²
Equisetum telmateia braunii

goldback fern ³
Pentagramma triangularis

Goldback Fern ⁴
Pentagramma triangularis triangularis

Coffee Fern ⁵
Pellaea andromedifolia

bird's foot cliffbrake ⁶
Pellaea mucronata

Bird's-Foot Fern ⁷
Pellaea mucronata mucronata

Five-finger Fern ⁸
Adiantum aleuticum

California Maidenhair Fern ⁹
Adiantum jordanii

common bracken ¹⁰
Pteridium aquilinum

Bracken Fern ¹¹
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens

Fragile Fern ¹²
Cystopteris fragilis

lady fern ¹³
Athyrium filix-femina

western lady fern ¹⁴
Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum

giant chain fern ¹⁵
Woodwardia fimbriata

western sword fern ¹⁶
Polystichum munitum

Narrowleaf Sword Fern ¹⁷
Polystichum imbricans imbricans

coastal woodfern ¹⁸
Dryopteris arguta

California Polypody Fern ¹⁹
Polypodium californicum

Nested Polypody ²⁰
Polypodium calirhiza

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Mitteldorf Preserve Field Guide

great horsetail 1 Equisetum telmateia

Giant Horsetail 2 Equisetum telmateia braunii

goldback fern 3 Pentagramma triangularis

Goldback Fern 4 Pentagramma triangularis triangularis

Coffee Fern 5 Pellaea andromedifolia

bird's foot cliffbrake 6 Pellaea mucronata

Bird's-Foot Fern 7 Pellaea mucronata mucronata

Five-finger Fern 8 Adiantum aleuticum

California Maidenhair Fern 9 Adiantum jordanii

common bracken 10 Pteridium aquilinum

Bracken Fern 11 Pteridium aquilinum pubescens

Fragile Fern 12 Cystopteris fragilis

lady fern 13 Athyrium filix-femina

western lady fern 14 Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum

giant chain fern 15 Woodwardia fimbriata

western sword fern 16 Polystichum munitum

Narrowleaf Sword Fern 17 Polystichum imbricans imbricans

coastal woodfern 18 Dryopteris arguta

California Polypody Fern 19 Polypodium californicum

Nested Polypody 20 Polypodium calirhiza