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genus Pecopteris: genus of Carboniferous fossil ferns
pecopteris: Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
fern ally: pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida
Hymenophyllaceae, family Hymenophyllaceae: terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
Hymenophyllum, genus Hymenophyllum: type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns
filmy fern, film fern: any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves
Trichomanes, genus Trichomanes: bristle ferns; kidney ferns
bristle fern, filmy fern: any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks
hare's-foot bristle fern, Trichomanes boschianum: a variety of bristle fern
Killarney fern, Trichomanes speciosum: large stout fern of extreme western Europe
kidney fern, Trichomanes reniforme: large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds
Osmundaceae, family Osmundaceae: large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
genus Osmunda: type genus of the Osmundaceae
flowering fern, osmund: any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
royal fern, royal osmund, king fern, ditch fern, French bracken, Osmunda regalis: large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
interrupted fern, Osmunda clatonia: North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds
cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea: New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
Leptopteris, genus Leptopteris: including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea
crape fern, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales feather, Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, Todea superba: New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea
Todea, genus Todea: a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae
crepe fern, king fern, Todea barbara: fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
Schizaeaceae, family Schizaeaceae: small family of mainly tropical ferns
Schizaea, genus Schizaea: type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern
curly grass, curly grass fern, Schizaea pusilla: rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
Anemia, genus Anemia: genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid almost skeletonlike fronds; chiefly of tropical America
pine fern, Anemia adiantifolia: fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs
Lygodium, genus Lygodium: chiefly tropical climbing ferns
climbing fern: any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium
creeping fern, Hartford fern, Lygodium palmatum: delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds
climbing maidenhair, climbing maidenhair fern, snake fern, Lygodium microphyllum: tropical fern widespread in Old World; naturalized in Jamaica and Florida
Mohria, genus Mohria: African terrestrial ferns
scented fern, Mohria caffrorum: sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds
aquatic fern, water fern: ferns that grow in water
Marsileaceae, family Marsileaceae: clover ferns
Marsilea, genus Marsilea: clover ferns
clover fern, pepperwort: any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
nardoo, nardo, common nardoo, Marsilea drummondii: Australian clover fern
water clover, Marsilea quadrifolia: water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four clover-like leaflets
Pilularia, genus Pilularia: pillworts
pillwort, Pilularia globulifera: European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps
genus Regnellidium: 1 species of aquatic or semi-aquatic fern
regnellidium, Regnellidium diphyllum: small latex-containing aquatic fern of southern Brazil
Salviniaceae, family Salviniaceae: water ferns
Salvinia, genus Salvinia: type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns
floating-moss, Salvinia rotundifolia, Salvinia auriculata: free-floating aquatic ferns
Azollaceae, family Azollaceae: used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
Azolla, genus Azolla: a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae
mosquito fern, floating fern, Carolina pond fern, Azolla caroliniana: small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
Ophioglossales, order Ophioglossales: coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossaceae, family Ophioglossaceae: a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
Ophioglossum, genus Ophioglossum: the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae
adder's tongue, adder's tongue fern: ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
ribbon fern, Ophioglossum pendulum: epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America
Botrychium, genus Botrychium: grape fern; moonwort
grape fern: a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
moonwort, common moonwort, Botrychium lunaria: of America and Eurasia and Australia
daisyleaf grape fern, daisy-leaved grape fern, Botrychium matricariifolium: of North America and Eurasia
leathery grape fern, Botrychium multifidum: European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds
rattlesnake fern, Botrychium virginianum: American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle
Helminthostachys, genus Helminthostachys: 1 species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia
flowering fern, Helminthostachys zeylanica: Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
soldier grainy club: a variety of grainy club
Filicales, order Filicales, Polypodiales, order Polypodiales: true (leptosporangiate) ferns
Gleicheniaceae, family Gleicheniaceae: a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales
Gleichenia, genus Gleichenia: type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Maylasia and New Zealand
Dicranopteris, genus Dicranopteris: terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground; pantropical
Diplopterygium, genus Diplopterygium: scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific
giant scrambling fern, Diplopterygium longissimum: large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet high; Pacific region and China
Sticherus, genus Sticherus: umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand
umbrella fern, fan fern, Sticherus flabellatus, Gleichenia flabellata: large Australiasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
Parkeriaceae, family Parkeriaceae: coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae
Ceratopteris, genus Ceratopteris: water ferns
floating fern, water sprite, Ceratopteris pteridioides: aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
floating fern, Ceratopteris thalictroides: pantropical aquatic fern
Polypodiaceae, family Polypodiaceae: ferns: a large genus that in some classification systems has been subdivided into the families: Aspleniaceae; Blechnaceae; Davalliaceae; Dennstaedtiaceae; Dryopteridaceae; Nephrolepidaceae; Oleandraceae; Pteridaceae; Vittariaceae; includes genera Aglaomorpha; Anarthropteris
Polypodium, genus Polypodium: a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori
polypody: any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium
licorice fern, Polypodium glycyrrhiza: fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavor
gray polypody, resurrection fern, Polypodium polypodioides: fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds grayish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa
leatherleaf, leathery polypody, coast polypody, Polypodium scouleri: stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
rock polypody, rock brake, American wall fern, Polypodium virgianum: chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia
common polypody, adder's fern, wall fern, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, sweet fern, Polypodium vulgare: mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
Aglaomorpha, genus Aglaomorpha: epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia
bear's-paw fern, Aglaomorpha meyeniana: epiphytic fern with large fronds; Taiwan and Philippines
Campyloneurum, genus Campyloneurum: epiphytic ferns of tropical America
strap fern: fern with long narrow strap-shaped leaves
Florida strap fern, cow-tongue fern, hart's-tongue fern: common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay
Central American strap fern, narrow-leaved strap fern, Campyloneurum augustifolium: fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina
Drymoglossum, genus Drymoglossum: epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea
Drynaria, genus Drynaria: large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia
basket fern, Drynaria rigidula: giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia
genus Lecanopteris: epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea
lecanopteris: any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants
Microgramma, genus Microgramma: epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa
snake polypody, Microgramma-piloselloides: epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America
Microsorium, genus Microsorium: tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia
climbing bird's nest fern, Microsorium punctatum: tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia
Phlebodium, genus Phlebodium: chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori
golden polypody, serpent fern, rabbit's-foot fern, Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum: tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium
Platycerium, genus Platycerium: often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns
staghorn fern: any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag
South American staghorn, Platycerium andinum: fern of Peru and Bolivia
common staghorn fern, elkhorn fern, Platycerium bifurcatum, Platycerium alcicorne: commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia
Pyrrosia, genus Pyrrosia: epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World
felt fern, tongue fern, Pyrrosia lingua, Cyclophorus lingua: east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
Solanopteris, genus Solanopteris: tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales
potato fern, Solanopteris bifrons: small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomesi
Cyclophorus, genus Cyclophorus: tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia
Adiantaceae, family Adiantaceae: used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
Vittariaceae, family Vittariaceae: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
Vittaria, genus Vittaria: tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds
grass fern, ribbon fern, Vittaria lineata: epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
Aspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium; Pleurosorus; Schaffneria
Asplenium, genus Asplenium: in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
spleenwort: any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
black spleenwort, Asplenium adiantum-nigrum: spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent
bird's nest fern, Asplenium nidus: tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches
ebony spleenwort, Scott's Spleenwort, Asplenium platyneuron: common North American fern with polished black stripes
black-stem spleenwort, black-stemmed spleenwort, little ebony spleenwort: fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil
Camptosorus, genus Camptosorus: classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium
walking fern, walking leaf, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus: ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes: small rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate zone and Hawaii with pinnate fronds
green spleenwort, Asplenium viride: small often many-crowned fern with slim green fronds; widely distributed in cool parts of northern hemisphere
mountain spleenwort, Asplenium montanum: a spleenwort of eastern North America
wall rue, wall rue spleenwort, Asplenium ruta-muraria: small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America
Bradley's spleenwort, Asplenium bradleyi: a spleenwort of eastern to southern United States
lobed spleenwort, Asplenium pinnatifidum: a spleenwort of eastern and southern United States
lanceolate spleenwort, Asplenium billotii: a spleenwort of western Europe
hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium: Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
Ceterach, genus Ceterach: small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus
scale fern, scaly fern, Asplenium ceterach, Ceterach officinarum: small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds
Pleurosorus, genus Pleurosorus: small genus comprising terrestrial ferns formerly placed in genera Ceterach or Grammitis or Gymnogramma; Chile; Spain and Morocco; Australia and New Zealand
Schaffneria, genus Schaffneria: 1 species
Schaffneria nigripes, Asplenium nigripes, Scolopendrium nigripes: a fern of the genus Schaffneria
Phyllitis, genus Phyllitis, genus Scolopendrium: a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
scolopendrium: a fern thought to resemble a millipede
Blechnaceae, family Blechnaceae: one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum; Doodia; Sadleria; Stenochlaena; Woodwardia
Blechnum, genus Blechnum: in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns
hard fern: any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum
deer fern, Blechnum spicant: fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America; often cultivated for deer browse
genus Doodia: in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia
doodia, rasp fern: any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae
Sadleria, genus Sadleria: low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on lava flows of Hawaiian Islands
Stenochlaena, genus Stenochlaena: large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia
Woodwardia, genus Woodwardia: in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns
chain fern: a fern of the genus Woodwadia having the sori in chainlike rows
Virginia chain fern, Woodwardia virginica: North American fern
tree fern: any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a woody trunklike stem or caudex and crown of large fronds; especially Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae
Cyatheaceae, family Cyatheaceae: tropical tree ferns
Cyathea, genus Cyathea: type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands
silver tree fern, sago fern, black tree fern, Cyathea medullaris: showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia area having a crown of much-pinnated fronds with whitish undersides
Davalliaceae, family Davalliaceae: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Araiostegia; Davallia; Davallodes; Gymnogrammitis; Humata; Leucostegia; Scyphularia; Trogostolon
genus Davallia: Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae
davallia: any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes
hare's-foot fern: either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft gray hairy rootstock
Canary Island hare's foot fern, Davallia canariensis: fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira
Australian hare's foot, Davallia pyxidata: a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia
squirrel's-foot fern, ball fern, Davalia bullata, Davalia bullata mariesii, Davallia Mariesii: feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
Dennstaedtiaceae, family Dennstaedtiaceae: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blotiella; Dennstaedtia; Histiopteris; Hypolepis; Leptolepia; Lindsaea; Lonchitis; Microlepia; Odontosoria; Oenotrichia; Paesia; Pteridium; Saccoloma; Sphenomeris
Dennstaedtia, genus Dennstaedtia: chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
hay-scented, hay-scented fern, scented fern, boulder fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula: fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and hay-like aroma
Pteridium, genus Pteridium: a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
bracken, Pteridium esculentum: fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
Dicksoniaceae, family Dicksoniaceae: tree ferns: genera Dicksonia; Cibotium; Culcita; Thyrsopteris
Dicksonia, genus Dicksonia: tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae
soft tree fern, Dicksonia antarctica: of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates
Cibotium, genus Cibotium: in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds
Scythian lamb, Cibotium barometz: Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic
Culcita, genus Culcita: includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands
false bracken, Culcita dubia: resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland Australia
genus Thyrsopteris: 1 species
thyrsopteris, Thyrsopteris elegans: a terrestrial tree fern of South America
Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae: alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
shield fern, buckler fern: any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
Dryopteris, genus Dryopteris: large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
broad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatata: European shield fern
fragrant cliff fern, fragrant shield fern, fragrant wood fern, Dryopteris fragrans: fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds
Goldie's fern, Goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana: North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe
wood fern, wood-fern, woodfern: any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas: fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms
marginal wood fern, evergreen wood fern, leatherleaf wood fern, Dryopteris marginalis: North American fern with evergreen fronds
mountain male fern, Dryopteris oreades: a fern of the genus Dryopteris
Athyrium, genus Athyrium: temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium
lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina: most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
Alpine lady fern, Athyrium distentifolium: a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments; found in the Rocky Mountains
silvery spleenwort, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, Athyrium pycnocarpon, Diplazium pycnocarpon: North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
Cyrtomium, genus Cyrtomium: small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
holly fern, Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum: tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum
Cystopteris, genus Cystopteris: chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
bladder fern: any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori
brittle bladder fern, brittle fern, fragile fern, Cystopteris fragilis: delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems
mountain bladder fern, Cystopteris montana: fern of rocky mountainous areas of hemisphere
bulblet fern, bulblet bladder fern, berry fern, Cystopteris bulbifera: North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets
Deparia, genus Deparia: classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera
silvery spleenwort, Deparia acrostichoides, Athyrium thelypteroides: fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores
Diacalpa, genus Diacalpa: one species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas
Gymnocarpium, genus Gymnocarpium: oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris
oak fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Thelypteris dryopteris: bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
limestone fern, northern oak fern, Gymnocarpium robertianum: yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere
Lastreopsis, genus Lastreopsis: tropical terrestrial shield ferns
Matteuccia, genus Matteuccia, Pteretis, genus Pteretis: small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris: tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Olfersia, genus Olfersia: 1 species; in some classification systems included in genus Polyboatrya
hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina: tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya
Onoclea, genus Onoclea: 1 species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
sensitive fern, bead fern, Onoclea sensibilis: beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
Polybotrya, genus Polybotrya, Polybotria, genus Polybotria: tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later
Polystichum, genus Polystichum: small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
Christmas fern, canker brake, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, Polystichum acrostichoides: North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
holly fern: any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with hollylike texture and gloss
Braun's holly fern, prickly shield fern, Polystichum braunii: North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales
northern holly fern, Polystichum lonchitis: evergreen European fern widely cultivated
western holly fern, Polystichum scopulinum: North American fern
soft shield fern, Polystichum setiferum: European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
Rumohra, genus Rumohra: leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum
leather fern, leatherleaf fern, ten-day fern, Rumohra adiantiformis, Polystichum adiantiformis: widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
Tectaria, genus Tectaria: terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests
button fern, Tectaria cicutaria: Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
Indian button fern, Tectaria macrodonta: fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils
genus Woodsia: genus of small to medium-sized usually rock-inhabiting ferns of temperate and cold regions; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
woodsia: any fern of the genus Woodsia
rusty woodsia, fragrant woodsia, oblong woodsia, Woodsia ilvensis: a common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds
Alpine woodsia, northern woodsia, flower-cup fern, Woodsia alpina: slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori
smooth woodsia, Woodsia glabella: rock-inhabiting fern of Arctic and subarctic Europe to eastern Asia
Lomariopsidaceae, family Lomariopsidaceae: small family of usually scandent ferns: genera Bolbitis; Lomagramma
Bolbitis, genus Bolbitis: terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere
Lomogramma, genus Lomogramma: large scandent ferns of southeastern Asia
Lophosoriaceae, family Lophosoriaceae: very small family of tree ferns
Lophosoria, genus Lophosoria: 1 species: tree fern of Central and South America
Loxomataceae, family Loxomataceae: very small family of New Zealand ferns
Loxoma, genus Loxoma: 1 species of terrestrial ferns of New Zealand
Oleandraceae, family Oleandraceae: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Oleandra, genus Oleandra: or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns
oleander fern, Oleandra neriiformis, Oleandra mollis: tropical fern having leathery oleanderlike fronds; Asia to Polynesia
Arthropteris, genus Arthropteris: tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns
Nephrolepis, genus Nephrolepis: small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae
sword fern: any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
Boston fern, Nephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis: a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplant
basket fern, toothed sword fern, Nephrolepis pectinata: tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided grayish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil
Pteridaceae, family Pteridaceae: one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes subdivided into the families Actiniopteridaceae; Adiantaceae; Cryptogrammataceae; includes genera Acrostichum; Adiantopsis; Adiantum; Anogramma; Bommeria; Cheilanthes; Coniogramme; Doryopteris; Gymnopteris; Hemionitis; Jamesonia; Paraceterach; Pellaea; Pityrogramma; Pteris; Ptilopteris
Acrostichum, genus Acrostichum: in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
golden fern, leather fern, Acrostichum aureum: stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
Actiniopteris, genus Actiniopteris: terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa
Adiantum, genus Adiantum: cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
maidenhair, maidenhair fern: any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
common maidenhair, Venushair, Venus'-hair fern, southern maidenhair, Venus maidenhair, Adiantum capillus-veneris: delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
American maidenhair fern, five-fingered maidenhair fern, Adiantum pedatum: hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
Bermuda maidenhair, Bermuda maidenhair fern, Adiantum bellum: delicate endemic Bermudian fern with creeping rootstock
brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern, Adiantum tenerum: tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, Barbados maidenhair, glory fern, Adiantum tenerum farleyense: named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
Anogramma, genus Anogramma: a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae
annual fern, Jersey fern, Anogramma leptophylla: small short-lived fern of Central and South America
Cheilanthes, genus Cheilanthes: small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
lip fern, lipfern: any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions
smooth lip fern, Alabama lip fern, Cheilanthes alabamensis: southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica
lace fern, Cheilanthes gracillima: small tufted fern of northwestern America
wooly lip fern, hairy lip fern, Cheilanthes lanosa: small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly
southwestern lip fern, Cheilanthes eatonii: lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds
Coniogramme, genus Coniogramme: terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia; sometimes placed in family Polypodaceae or Adiantaceae
bamboo fern, Coniogramme japonica: fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds
Cryptogramma, genus Cryptogramma: sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae
rock brake: dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns
American rock brake, American parsley fern, Cryptogramma acrostichoides: rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having parsleylike fronds
European parsley fern, mountain parsley fern, Cryptogramma crispa: fern of Europe and Asia Minor having short slender rhizome and densely tufted bright green parsleylike fronds
Doryopteris, genus Doryopteris: small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae
hand fern, Doryopteris pedata: tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds
Jamesonia, genus Jamesonia: xerophytic ferns of South America
Onychium, genus Onychium: small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: claw ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae
Pellaea, genus Pellaea: genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classifican systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
cliff brake, cliffbrake, rock brake: any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
coffee fern, Pellaea andromedifolia: evergreen fern of California and Baja California
purple rock brake, Pellaea atropurpurea: very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes
bird's-foot fern, Pellaea mucronata, Pellaea ornithopus: cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks
button fern, Pellaea rotundifolia: fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
Pityrogramma, genus Pityrogramma: terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
silver fern, Pityrogramma argentea: fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides
silver fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos: tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides
golden fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava: tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides
gold fern, Pityrogramma chrysophylla: fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
Pteris, genus Pteris: large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
brake: any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
Pteris cretica: cultivated in many varieties as houseplants
spider brake, spider fern, Pteris multifida: Asiatic fern introduced in America
ribbon fern, spider fern, Pteris serrulata: fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands
Marattiales, order Marattiales: lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
Marattiaceae, family Marattiaceae: constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
Marattia, genus Marattia: type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
potato fern, Marattia salicina: large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people
genus Angiopteris: 1 species: tree fern
angiopteris, giant fern, Angiopteris evecta: highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall
Danaea, genus Danaea: fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America
Psilopsida, class Psilopsida, Psilotatae, class Psilotatae: whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs
Psilotales, order Psilotales: lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots
Psilotaceae, family Psilotaceae: small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves
Psilotum, genus Psilotum: type genus of the Psilotaceae
whisk fern: chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal broom-like appearance lacking roots
skeleton fork fern, Psilotum nudum: pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves; America; Japan; Australia
Lycopodiaceae, family Lycopodiaceae, clubmoss family: a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales
Thelypteridaceae, family Thelypteridaceae: genera Thelypteris; Phegopteris; others
Thelypteris, genus Thelypteris: marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae
marsh fern, Thelypteris palustris, Dryopteris thelypteris: fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
snuffbox fern, meadow fern, Thelypteris palustris pubescens, Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens: fern of northeastern North America
Amauropelta, genus Amauropelta: epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia
genus Christella: medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical forests of Old World to Americas
christella: any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds
Cyclosorus, genus Cyclosorus: small genus of terrestrial ferns of tropical and subtropical southern hemisphere
Goniopteris, genus Goniopteris: terrestrial ferns of Florida and West Indies to Central and South America
Macrothelypteris, genus Macrothelypteris: medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia to Polynesia and Australia; naturalized in Americas
Meniscium, genus Meniscium: terrestrial ferns of tropical Americas
Oreopteris, genus Oreopteris: 3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris
mountain fern, Oreopteris limbosperma, Dryopteris oreopteris: common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds
Parathelypteris, genus Parathelypteris: terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America
New York fern, Parathelypteris novae-boracensis, Dryopteris noveboracensis: slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
Massachusetts fern, Parathelypteris simulata, Thelypteris simulata: delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris
Phegopteris, genus Phegopteris: beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Drypopteris or included in genus Thelypteris
beech fern: any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds
broad beech fern, southern beech fern, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Dryopteris hexagonoptera, Thelypteris hexagonoptera: beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes
long beech fern, narrow beech fern, northern beech fern, Phegopteris connectilis, Dryopteris phegopteris, Thelypteris phegopteris: beech fern of North America and Eurasia
ferned, ferny: abounding in or covered with ferns; "the ferny undergrowth"
braky: abounding with bracken; "the woods and braky glens"- William Browne
fernless: devoid of ferns
leptosporangiate: (of ferns) having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; "leptosporangiate ferns"
eusporangiate: (of ferns) having sporangia that arise from a group of epidermal cells; "eusporangiate ferns of the families Ophioglossaceae and Marattiaceae"