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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
Christmas Fern 8
Polystichum acrostichoides
sensitive fern 9
Onoclea sensibilis
rusty woodsia 10
Woodsia ilvensis
blunt woodsia
Woodsia obtusa
Hartford fern
Lygodium palmatum
cinnamon fern 11
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Interrupted Fern 12
Osmunda claytoniana
Royal Fern 13
Osmunda regalis
Appalachian rockcap fern 14
Polypodium appalachianum
long beech fern 15
Phegopteris connectilis
Rock Polypody 16
Polypodium virginianum
broad beech fern 12
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
New York fern 17
Parathelypteris noveboracensis
marsh fern 12
Thelypteris palustris
Massachusetts fern
Thelypteris simulata
Maidenhair Fern 1
Adiantum pedatum
Steller's rock-brake 18
Cryptogramma stelleri
water clover 18
Marsilea vestita
hairy lip fern 16
Cheilanthes lanosa
purple-stem cliffbrake 19
Pellaea atropurpurea
smooth cliffbrake 18
Pellaea glabella
Netted chain fern 20
Woodwardia areolata
Virginia chain fern 4
Woodwardia virginica
ebony spleenwort 16
Asplenium platyneuron
hay-scented fern 21
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
lowland brittle fern 22
Cystopteris protrusa
narrow-leaved glade fern 5
Homalosorus pycnocarpos
brittle bladderfern 18
Cystopteris fragilis
brittle bladderfern
Cystopteris tenuis
bulblet fern 2
Cystopteris bulbifera
Bracken 21
Pteridium aquilinum
mountain wood fern 8
Dryopteris campyloptera
spinulose wood fern 12
Dryopteris carthusiana
Clinton's wood fern 12
Dryopteris clintoniana
crested buckler-fern 23
Dryopteris cristata
northern oak fern 24
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
intermediate wood fern 12
Dryopteris intermedia
marginal wood fern 25
Dryopteris marginalis
ostrich fern 26
Matteuccia struthiopteris
sensitive fern 9
Onoclea sensibilis

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