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Ferns of Virginia

Some of the ferns we see primarily in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah National Park

cinnamon fern 1
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
broad beech fern 2
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
common bracken 3
Pteridium aquilinum
Christmas fern 4
Polystichum acrostichoides
hay-scented fern 5
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
intermediate wood fern 2
Dryopteris intermedia
northern maidenhair fern 6
Adiantum pedatum
ostrich fern 7
Matteuccia struthiopteris
interrupted fern 8
Osmunda claytoniana
New York fern 9
Parathelypteris noveboracensis
rattlesnake fern 8
Botrypus virginianus
Royal fern family 2
Osmundaceae
green spleenwort 10
Asplenium viride
marginal wood fern 11
Dryopteris marginalis
sensitive fern 12
Onoclea sensibilis

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