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Species of Connecticut

Includes rare, incidental, and introduced species.

Information and species will be continuously updated.

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

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