Ferns of North America

This guide shall serve as a base for those interested in the Pteridophyta division of plants! With any luck, this guide will help the reader understand and identify the ferns of North America.

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California Maidenhair Fern 1
Adiantum jordanii
Jones' false cloak fern 2
Argyrochosma jonesii
California lacefern 3
Aspidotis californica
Carlotta Hall's lace fern 4
Aspidotis carlotta-halliae
northern spleenwort 5
Asplenium septentrionale
western spleenwort 6
Asplenium vespertinum
serpentine fern 7
Aspidotis densa
scaly cloak-fern 8
Astrolepis cochisensis
Hard-fern 9
Blechnum spicant
upswept moonwort 10
Botrychium ascendens
scalloped moonwort 11
Botrychium crenulatum
western goblin 3
Botrychium montanum
Northwestern Moonwort 12
Botrychium pinnatum
pumice moonwort 13
Botrychium pumicola
Cleveland's Lipfern 14
Myriopteris clevelandii
Cooper's Lip Fern 15
Myriopteris cooperae
Coville's lip fern 16
Myriopteris covillei
Fee's Lip Fern 17
Myriopteris gracilis
lace lip fern 18
Myriopteris gracillima
Coastal Lip Fern 3
Myriopteris intertexta
Newberry's lip fern 19
Myriopteris newberryi
Parry's lip fern 20
Myriopteris parryi
viscid lip fern 21
Myriopteris viscida
American parsley fern 22
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Cascade parsley fern 23
Cryptogramma cascadensis
brittle bladderfern 24
Cystopteris fragilis
Coastal Woodfern 25
Dryopteris arguta
northern wood fern 26
Dryopteris expansa
Male fern 27
Dryopteris filix-mas
rough horsetail 28
Equisetum hyemale
California Cloak-fern 29
Notholaena californica
California adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum californicum
northern adder's-tongue 30
Ophioglossum pusillum
Coffee Fern 18
Pellaea andromedifolia
Sierra cliffbrake 31
Pellaea brachyptera
Brewer's cliffbrake 32
Pellaea breweri
Bridges' cliffbrake
Pellaea bridgesii
bird's foot cliffbrake 33
Pellaea mucronata
spiny cliff-brake 29
Pellaea truncata
Goldback Fern 11
Pentagramma triangularis
American pillwort 3
Pilularia americana
California Polypody 34
Polypodium californicum
Nested Polypody 35
Polypodium calirhiza
Licorice Fern 36
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
western polypody 24
Polypodium hesperium
Leathery Polypody 37
Polypodium scouleri
Dudley's shield fern 38
Polystichum dudleyi
Narrowleaf sword fern 31
Polystichum imbricans
Kruckeberg's sword fern 39
Polystichum kruckebergii
Lemmon's holly fern 40
Polystichum lemmonii
Western Sword Fern 8
Polystichum munitum
leathery grapefern 3
Sceptridium multifidum
Nevada marsh fern 41
Thelypteris nevadensis
Showy Maiden Fern 42
Thelypteris puberula
Giant Chain Fern 43
Woodwardia fimbriata
Pendant Kihifern
Adenophorus periens
Pacific Lacefern
Ctenitis squamigera
Molokai Twinsorus Fern 47
Diplazium molokaiense
Kauai Digit Fern
Doryopteris angelica
Villous Waterclover
Marsilea villosa
hay-scented fern 47
Microlepia strigosa
Skeleton fork fern 48
Psilotum nudum
Amaumau Fern 49
Sadleria cyatheoides
northern maidenhair fern 3
Adiantum pedatum
lobed spleenwort 50
Asplenium pinnatifidum
Bulblet Fern 51
Cystopteris bulbifera
lowland brittle fern 52
Cystopteris protrusa
Tennessee bulblet fern
Cystopteris tennesseensis
Goldie's wood fern 52
Dryopteris goldiana
northern oak fern 53
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
purple-stem cliffbrake 54
Pellaea atropurpurea
netted chain fern
Woodwardia areolata
Hart's-tongue Fern 4
Asplenium scolopendrium
lady fern 55
Athyrium filix-femina
Laurentian bulblet fern
Cystopteris laurentiana
Diplazium pycnocarpon 56
Homalosorus pycnocarpos
spinulose wood fern 57
Dryopteris carthusiana
marginal wood fern 37
Dryopteris marginalis
field horsetail 58
Equisetum arvense
Japanese Climbing Fern 60
Lygodium japonicum
Climbing Maidenhair 61
Lygodium microphyllum
monarch climbing fern 62
Lygodium venustum
Hartford fern 63
Lygodium palmatum
black maidenhair fern 64
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Powdery Cloakfern 65
Argyrochosma dealbata
Bradley's spleenwort 59
Asplenium bradleyi
mountain spleenwort 3
Asplenium montanum
ebony spleenwort 66
Asplenium platyneuron
Asplenium platyneuron var. bacculum-rubrum
Asplenium platyneuron bacculum-rubrum
Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron
Asplenium platyneuron platyneuron
Black-stemmed Spleenwort 67
Asplenium resiliens
walking fern 51
Asplenium rhizophyllum
wall-rue 1
Asplenium ruta-muraria

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