Maryland Native Plant Society

Fern Gallery

Each link below features a different fern. We encourage people to submit content to place on each page such as identification features, habitat preferences, locations, found, or folklore.

Listed by Scientific Name

Adiantum pedatum, Maidenhair Fern
Asplenium platyneuron, Ebony Spleenwort
Athyrium felix-femina, Lady Fern
Botrychium dissectum, Cut Leaf Grape Fern
Botrychium virginianum, Rattlesnake Fern
Cystopteris fragilis, Fragile Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula, Hay Scented Fern
Deparia acrostichoides, Silvery Glade Fern
Dryopteris carthusiana, Spinulose Wood Fern
Dryopteris intermedia, Intermediate Wood Fern, Evergreen Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis, Marginal Wood Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris, Ostrich Fern
Onoclea sensibilis, Sensitive Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea, Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda claytoniana, Interrupted Fern
Osmunda regalis, Royal Fern
Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Broad Beech Fern
Polypodium virginianum, Common Polypody
Polystichum acrostichoides, Christmas Fern
Pteridium aquilinum, Bracken Fern
Thelypteris noveboracensis, New York Fern
Thelypteris palustris, Marsh Fern
Woodsia obtusa, Blunt-lobed Woodsia
Woodwardia areolata, Netted Chain Fern

Listed by Common Name

Blunt-lobed Woodsia, Woodsia obtusa
Bracken Fern, Pteridium aquilinum
Broad Beech Fern, Phegopteris hexagonoptera
Christmas Fern, Polystichum acrostichoides
Cinnamon Fern, Osmunda cinnamomea
Common Polypody, Polypodium virginianum
Cut Leaf Grape Fern, Botrychium dissectum
Ebony Spleenwort, Asplenium platyneuron
Evergreen Wood Fern, Dryopteris intermedia
Fragile Fern, Cystopteris fragilis
Hay Scented Fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Intermediate Wood Fern, Dryopteris intermedia
Interrupted Fern, Osmunda claytoniana
Lady Fern, Athyrium felix-femina
Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum pedatum
Marginal Wood Fern, Dryopteris marginalis
Marsh Fern, Thelypteris palustris
Netted Chain Fern, Woodwardia areolata
New York Fern, Thelypteris noveboracensis
Ostrich Fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris
Rattlesnake Fern, Botrychium virginianum
Royal Fern, Osmunda regalis
Sensitive Fern, Onoclea sensibilis
Silvery Glade Fern, Deparia acrostichoides
Spinulose Wood Fern, Dryopteris carthusiana

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