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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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Coastal Woodfern 1
Dryopteris arguta
northern wood fern 2
Dryopteris expansa
Male fern 3
Dryopteris filix-mas
Dudley's shield fern 4
Polystichum dudleyi
Narrowleaf sword fern 5
Polystichum imbricans
Kruckeberg's sword fern 6
Polystichum kruckebergii
Lemmon's holly fern 7
Polystichum lemmonii
Western Sword Fern 8
Polystichum munitum
Pacific Lacefern
Ctenitis squamigera
Dryopteris crinalis
Goldie's wood fern 9
Dryopteris goldiana
spinulose wood fern 10
Dryopteris carthusiana
marginal wood fern 11
Dryopteris marginalis
Dryopteris × australis 12
Fortune's Holly-fern 13
Cyrtomium fortunei
log fern 14
Dryopteris celsa
Intermediate Wood Fern 15
Dryopteris intermedia
southern wood fern 16
Dryopteris ludoviciana
Christmas fern 17
Polystichum acrostichoides
Polystichum acrostichoides var. acrostichoides
Polystichum acrostichoides acrostichoides
Florida Tree Fern 18
Ctenitis sloanei
Ctenitis submarginalis
Cyrtomium caryotideum
House Holly-fern 19
Cyrtomium falcatum
Benedict's wood fern
Dryopteris × benedictii
Boott's wood fern
Dryopteris × boottii
Burgess' wood fern
Dryopteris × burgessii
Dowell's wood fern
Dryopteris × dowellii
Leeds' wood fern
Dryopteris × leedsii
simulated log fern
Dryopteris × mickelii
Wherry's wood fern
Dryopteris × neowherryi
Pittsford wood fern
Dryopteris × pittsfordensis
spaced wood fern 12
Dryopteris × separabilis
Slosson's wood fern
Dryopteris × slossoniae
triploid wood fern
Dryopteris × triploidea
Braun's wood fern
Dryopteris × uliginosa
Mountain Wood Fern 20
Dryopteris campyloptera
cinnamon wood fern
Dryopteris cinnamomea
Clinton's wood fern 15
Dryopteris clintoniana
Crested Buckler-fern 21
Dryopteris cristata
fragrant wood fern 22
Dryopteris fragrans
Dryopteris rossii 23
Phanerophlebia auriculata 6
Bellybutton Veinfern 24
Phanerophlebia umbonata
Hagenah's holly fern
Polystichum × hagenahii
Potter's shield fern
Polystichum × potteri
Polystichum acrostichoides var. lonchitoides
Polystichum acrostichoides lonchitoides
Anderson's holly fern 6
Polystichum andersonii
Braun's holly fern 25
Polystichum braunii
California shield fern 4
Polystichum californicum
Polystichum imbricans ssp. curtum
Polystichum imbricans curtum
Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans 5
Polystichum imbricans imbricans
Northern holly fern 26
Polystichum lonchitis
mountain holly fern 27
Polystichum scopulinum
Alaska holly fern 6
Polystichum setigerum
Korean rock fern 28
Polystichum tsus-simense
leatherleaf fern
Rumohra adiantiformis

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