Fort Flagler State Park Nature Guide

Included in this guide are some of the species you might see at Fort Flagler State Park, Wa.
The plants and animals in this list are drawn from historical records specific to the Olympic Peninsula, the Salish Sea and its surrounding uplands. How many can you find?

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Taxonomy
« Back To Vascular Plants Phylum Tracheophyta
- Ferns Class Polypodiopsida
  - 3 Horsetails Subclass Equisetidae
  - 6 Leptosporangiate Ferns Subclass Polypodiidae

western sword fern ¹
Polystichum munitum

lady fern ²
Athyrium filix-femina

rough horsetail ³
Equisetum hyemale

common bracken ⁴
Pteridium aquilinum

licorice fern ⁵
Polypodium glycyrrhiza

great horsetail ⁶
Equisetum telmateia

Giant Horsetail ⁷
Equisetum telmateia braunii

Western Ladyfern ⁸
Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum

spreading wood fern ⁹
Dryopteris expansa

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Fort Flagler State Park Nature Guide

western sword fern 1 Polystichum munitum

lady fern 2 Athyrium filix-femina

rough horsetail 3 Equisetum hyemale

common bracken 4 Pteridium aquilinum

licorice fern 5 Polypodium glycyrrhiza

great horsetail 6 Equisetum telmateia

Giant Horsetail 7 Equisetum telmateia braunii

Western Ladyfern 8 Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum

spreading wood fern 9 Dryopteris expansa