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Ferns and Horsetails of San Mateo County

western sword fern 1
Polystichum munitum
California shield fern 2
Polystichum californicum
Dudley's shield fern 2
Polystichum dudleyi
Narrowleaf Swordfern 3
Polystichum imbricans imbricans
giant chain fern 4
Woodwardia fimbriata
Hard Fern 5
Blechnum spicant
common bracken 4
Pteridium aquilinum
coastal woodfern 6
Dryopteris arguta
spreading wood fern 7
Dryopteris expansa
brittle bladderfern 8
Cystopteris fragilis
Western Ladyfern 9
Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum
California Polypody 4
Polypodium californicum
Nested Polypody 10
Polypodium calirhiza
licorice fern 11
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
leathery polypody 12
Polypodium scouleri
goldback fern 4
Pentagramma triangularis
California Maidenhair Fern 4
Adiantum jordanii
western maidenhair fern 4
Adiantum aleuticum
Coastal Lip Fern 13
Myriopteris intertexta
bird's foot cliffbrake 14
Pellaea mucronata
Coffee Fern 4
Pellaea andromedifolia
Clover Fern 8
Marsilea vestita vestita
Giant Horsetail 15
Equisetum telmateia braunii
marsh horsetail 16
Equisetum palustre
field horsetail 17
Equisetum arvense
smooth horsetail 18
Equisetum laevigatum
western scouringrush 19
Equisetum hyemale affine

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