MARIN FERNS AND FERN ALLIES

Last up-dated Nov. 2009.

Only one fern here is CNPS rare-listed at “4.2”. This means it is a plant of limited distrbution in Ca.

 

AZOLLACEAE (MOSQUITO FERN FAMILY)

      Azolla filiculoides                                                              mosquito fern

 

BLECHNACEAE (DEER-FERN FAMILY)

      Blechnum spicant                                                             deer fern, hard fern

      Woodwardia fimbriata                                                        chain fern                                                            

 

DENNSTAEDTIACEAE (BRACKEN-FERN FAMILY)

      Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens                                    western bracken-fern

 

DRYOPTERIDACEAE (WOODFERN FAMILY)

      Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum                                  north- western lady fern

      Cystopteris fragilis                                                            brittle fern

      Dryopteris arguta                                                              common wood fern

      Dryopteris expansa                                                           spreading wood fern                           

      Polystichum californicum                                                   California sword fern

      Polystichum dudleyi                                                          Dudley's sword fern                            

      Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans                                rock sword fern                                  

      Polystichum munitum                                                        western sword fern

                                                                                                                                                           

EQUISETACEAE (HORSETAIL FAMILY)

      Equisetum arvense                                                            common horsetail                              

      Equisetum hyemale var. affine                                            giant scouring- rush                                  

      Equisetum laevigatum                                                       smooth scouring- rush                        

      Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii                                        giant horsetail                                    

 

ISOETACEAE (QUILLWORT FAMILY)

      Isoetes howellii                                                                 Howell’s quillwort                               

      Isoetes nuttallii                                                                 Nuttall’s quillwort

 

MARSILEACEAE (MARSILEA FAMILY)

      Marsilea vestita                                                                 water-clover fern                                 

      Pilularia americana                                                            pillwort                                              

 

OPHIOGLOSSACEAE (ADDER'S TONGUE FAMILY)

      Botrychium multifidum                                                       grape fern                                          

 

POLYPODIACEAE (FERN FAMILY)

      Polypodium californicum                                                    Ca. polypody

      Polypodium calirhiza (not in Howell)                                    woodland polypody fern

      Polypodium glycyrrhiza                                                     licorice fern

      Polypodium scouleri                                                          leather fern                                        

 

PTERIDACEAE (BRAKEFERN FAMILY)

      Adiantum aleuticum                                                          five-finger fern

      Adiantum jordanii                                                              California maidenhair                                

      Aspidotis californica                                                          California lace-fern                              

      Aspidotis carlotta-halliae                                                    Carlotta Hall’s lace-fern                        LIST 4.2

      Aspidotis densa                                                                serpentine fern                                                     

      Cheilanthes covillei                                                            Coville's llp-fern                                  

      Cheilanthes gracillima                                                       lace- fern                                           

      Cheilanthes intertexta                                                        coastal lip-fern or bead-fern                                   

      Pellaea andromedifolia                                                       coffee fern                                         

      Pellaea mucronata ssp. mucronata                                     bird’s-foot fern                                    

      Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis                          goldback fern                                                       

      Pteris cretica                                                                    brake fern                                           *                

 

SELAGINELLACEAE (MOSS FERN FAMILY)

      Selaginella wallacei                                                           Wallace moss- fern