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Species of Connecticut

Includes rare, incidental, and introduced species.

Information and species will be continuously updated.

Canada yew 1
Taxus canadensis
Northern Highbush Blueberry 2
Vaccinium corymbosum
eastern leatherwood 3
Dirca palustris
common juniper 4
Juniperus communis
buttonbush 5
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Maidenhair Fern 6
Adiantum pedatum
walking fern 7
Asplenium rhizophyllum
mountain spleenwort 6
Asplenium montanum
wall-rue 8
Asplenium ruta-muraria
Virginia chain fern 9
Woodwardia virginica
narrow-leaved glade fern 10
Homalosorus pycnocarpos
maidenhair spleenwort 11
Asplenium trichomanes
Lady Fern 12
Athyrium filix-femina
cut-leaved grape-fern 13
Botrychium dissectum
adder's-tongue 14
Ophioglossum vulgatum
Christmas Fern 15
Polystichum acrostichoides
sensitive fern 16
Onoclea sensibilis
rusty woodsia 1
Woodsia ilvensis
blunt woodsia
Woodsia obtusa
Hartford fern
Lygodium palmatum
lance-leaved moonwort 17
Botrychium lanceolatum
chamomile-leaved moonwort 18
Botrychium matricariifolium
blunt-lobed grapefern 19
Botrychium oneidense
Rattlesnake Fern 18
Botrypus virginianus
northern adder's-tongue 1
Ophioglossum pusillum
cinnamon fern 20
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Interrupted Fern 21
Osmunda claytoniana
Royal Fern 22
Osmunda regalis
Appalachian rockcap fern 23
Polypodium appalachianum
long beech fern 24
Phegopteris connectilis
Rock Polypody 25
Polypodium virginianum
broad beech fern 21
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
New York fern 26
Parathelypteris noveboracensis
marsh fern 21
Thelypteris palustris
Massachusetts fern
Thelypteris simulata
Maidenhair Fern 6
Adiantum pedatum
Steller's rock-brake 18
Cryptogramma stelleri
water clover 18
Marsilea vestita
hairy lip fern 25
Cheilanthes lanosa
purple-stem cliffbrake 27
Pellaea atropurpurea
smooth cliffbrake 18
Pellaea glabella
Netted chain fern 28
Woodwardia areolata
Virginia chain fern 9
Woodwardia virginica
ebony spleenwort 25
Asplenium platyneuron
hay-scented fern 29
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
lowland brittle fern 13
Cystopteris protrusa
narrow-leaved glade fern 10
Homalosorus pycnocarpos
brittle bladderfern 18
Cystopteris fragilis
brittle bladderfern
Cystopteris tenuis
bulblet fern 7
Cystopteris bulbifera
Bracken 29
Pteridium aquilinum
mountain wood fern 15
Dryopteris campyloptera
spinulose wood fern 21
Dryopteris carthusiana
Clinton's wood fern 21
Dryopteris clintoniana
crested buckler-fern 30
Dryopteris cristata
northern oak fern 31
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
intermediate wood fern 21
Dryopteris intermedia
marginal wood fern 32
Dryopteris marginalis
ostrich fern 33
Matteuccia struthiopteris
sensitive fern 16
Onoclea sensibilis

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