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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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northern spleenwort 1
Asplenium septentrionale
western spleenwort 2
Asplenium vespertinum
black spleenwort 3
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Bird's Nest Fern 4
Asplenium nidus
lobed spleenwort 5
Asplenium pinnatifidum
Hart's-tongue Fern 6
Asplenium scolopendrium
Bradley's spleenwort 7
Asplenium bradleyi
mountain spleenwort 8
Asplenium montanum
ebony spleenwort 9
Asplenium platyneuron
Asplenium platyneuron var. bacculum-rubrum
Asplenium platyneuron bacculum-rubrum
Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron
Asplenium platyneuron platyneuron
Black-stemmed Spleenwort 10
Asplenium resiliens
walking fern 11
Asplenium rhizophyllum
wall-rue 12
Asplenium ruta-muraria
Asplenium ruta-muraria var. cryptolepis
Asplenium ruta-muraria cryptolepis
Asplenium ruta-muraria var. lanceolum
Asplenium ruta-muraria lanceolum
maidenhair spleenwort 13
Asplenium trichomanes
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes 14
Asplenium trichomanes trichomanes
Asplenium × alternifolium 15
Biscayne spleenwort
Asplenium × biscaynianum
Boydston's spleenwort
Asplenium × boydstoniae
Lady Clermont's spleenwort
Asplenium × clermontiae
Curtiss's spleenwort
Asplenium × curtissii
Scott's spleenwort
Asplenium × ebenoides
Graves' spleenwort
Asplenium × gravesii
Herb Wagner's spleenwort
Asplenium × herb-wagneri
Morzenti's spleenwort
Asplenium × heteroresiliens
Unexpected spleenwort
Asplenium × inexpectatum
Kentucky spleenwort
Asplenium × kentuckiense
Morgan's spleenwort
Asplenium × morganii
Shawnee spleenwort
Asplenium × shawneense
Trudell's spleenwort
Asplenium × trudellii
Virginia spleenwort
Asplenium × virginicum
Wherry's spleenwort
Asplenium × wherryi
abscised spleenwort
Asplenium abscissum
parsley spleenwort
Asplenium cristatum
Countess Dalhousie's spleenwort
Asplenium dalhousiae
Asplenium erosum 16
Asplenium auritum
little spleenwort
Asplenium exiguum
varicolored spleenwort 17
Asplenium heterochroum
single-sorus spleenwort 16
Asplenium monanthes
Palmer's spleenwort 18
Asplenium palmeri
ruffled spleenwort
Asplenium plenum
triangle spleenwort
Asplenium pumilum
Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum 19
Asplenium scolopendrium americanum
American bird's-nest fern 20
Asplenium serratum
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. quadrivalens 21
Asplenium trichomanes quadrivalens
Asplenium trichomanes-dentatum 22
Asplenium dentatum
Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum 23
Asplenium viride
Tutwiler's spleenwort
Asplenium tutwilerae

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