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Species of Connecticut

Includes rare, incidental, and introduced species.

Information and species will be continuously updated.

broad beech fern 1
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
New York fern 2
Parathelypteris noveboracensis
marsh fern 1
Thelypteris palustris
Massachusetts fern
Thelypteris simulata
Maidenhair Fern 3
Adiantum pedatum
Steller's rock-brake 4
Cryptogramma stelleri
water clover 4
Marsilea vestita
hairy lip fern 5
Cheilanthes lanosa
purple-stem cliffbrake 6
Pellaea atropurpurea
smooth cliffbrake 4
Pellaea glabella
Netted chain fern 7
Woodwardia areolata
Virginia chain fern 8
Woodwardia virginica
ebony spleenwort 5
Asplenium platyneuron
hay-scented fern 9
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
lowland brittle fern 10
Cystopteris protrusa
narrow-leaved glade fern 11
Homalosorus pycnocarpos
brittle bladderfern 4
Cystopteris fragilis
brittle bladderfern
Cystopteris tenuis
bulblet fern 12
Cystopteris bulbifera
Bracken 9
Pteridium aquilinum
mountain wood fern 13
Dryopteris campyloptera
spinulose wood fern 1
Dryopteris carthusiana
Clinton's wood fern 1
Dryopteris clintoniana
crested buckler-fern 14
Dryopteris cristata
northern oak fern 15
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
intermediate wood fern 1
Dryopteris intermedia
marginal wood fern 16
Dryopteris marginalis
ostrich fern 17
Matteuccia struthiopteris
sensitive fern 18
Onoclea sensibilis

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