Native Ferns

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Maidenhair Fern
Anogramma leptophylla

Jersey Fern
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

Black Spleenwort
Asplenium marinum

Sea Spleenwort
Asplenium obovatum subsp. lanceolatum

Lanceolate Spleenwort
Asplenium ceterach

Rustyback Fern
Asplenium onopteris

Acute-leaved Spleenwort
Asplenium ruta-muraria

Wall Rue
Asplenium scolopendrium

Hartstongue Fern
Asplenium septentrionale

Forked Spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. pachyrachis

Lobed Maidenhair Spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens

Common Maidenhair Spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. trichomanes

Delicate Maidenhair Spleenwort
Asplenium viride

Green Spleenwort
Athyrium distentifolium

Alpine Lady Fern

(now Pseudathyrium alpestre)
Athyrium distentifolium var. flexile

Alpine Lady Fern

(now Pseudathyrium alpestre var. flexile
Athyrium filix-femina

Lady Fern
Blechnum spicant

Hard Fern

(now Struthiopteris spicant
Botrychium lunaria

Moonwort
Botrychium nordicum

Nordic Moonwort
Cryptogramma crispa

Parsley Fern
Cystopteris diaphana

Diaphanous Bladder Fern
Cystopteris dickieana

Dickie's Bladder Fern
Cystopteris fragilis

Brittle Bladder Fern
Cystopteris montana

Mountain Bladder Fern
Diphasiastrum alpinum

Alpine Clubmoss
Diphasiastrum issleri

Issler's Clubmoss
Dryopteris aemula

Hay-scented Buckler Fern
Dryopteris affinis group:

Dryopteris affinis subsp. affinis

Western Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis group:

Dryopteris affinis subsp. kerryensis

a Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis group:

Dryopteris affinis subsp. paleaceolobata

a Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis group:

Dryopteris borreri

Borrer's Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis group:

Dryopteris cambrensis

Narrow Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis group:

Dryopteris lacunosa

Alpine Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis group:

Dryopteris pseudocomplexa

a Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis group:

Dryopteris pseudodisjuncta

Elegant Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris carthusiana

Narrow Buckler Fern
Dryopteris cristata

Crested Buckler Fern
Dryopteris dilatata

Broad Buckler Fern
Dryopteris expansa

Northern Buckler Fern
Dryopteris filix-mas

Male Fern
Dryopteris oreades

Mountain Male Fern
Dryopteris submontana

Limestone Buckler Fern
Equisetum arvense

Field Horsetail
Equisetum fluviatile

Water Horsetail
Equisetum hyemale

Rough Horsetail
Equisetum palustre

Marsh Horsetail
Equisetum pratense

Shade Horsetail
Equisetum ramosissimum

Boston Horsetail
Equisetum sylvaticum

Wood Horsetail
Equisetum telmateia

Great Horsetail
Equisetum variegatum

Variegated Horsetail
Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Oak Fern
Gymnocarpium robertianum

Limestone Oak Fern
Huperzia selago subsp. arctica

Arctic Fir Clubmoss
Huperzia selago subsp. selago

Fir Clubmoss
Hymenophyllum tunbrigense

Tunbridge Filmy Fern
Hymenophyllum wilsonii

Wilson's Filmy Fern
Isoetes echinospora

Spring Quillwort
Isoetes histrix

Land Quillwort
Isoetes lacustris

Quillwort
Lycopodiella inundata

Marsh Clubmoss
Lycopodium annotinum

Interrupted Clubmoss

(now Spinulum annotinum)
Lycopodium clavatum

Stagshorn Clubmoss
Lycopodium lagopus

Arctic Stagshorn Clubmoss
Ophioglossum azoricum

Small Adderstongue
Ophioglossum lusitanicum

Least Adderstongue
Ophioglossum vulgatum

Common Adderstongue
Oreopteris limbosperma

Lemon-scented Fern
Osmunda regalis

Royal Fern
Phegopteris connectilis

Beech Fern
Polypodium cambricum

Southern Polypody
Polypodium interjectum

Intermediate Polypody
Polypodium vulgare

Common Polypody
Polystichum aculeatum

Hard Shield Fern
Polystichum lonchitis

Holly Fern
Polystichum setiferum

Soft Shield Fern
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. aquilinum

Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. pinetorum

Pinewood Bracken
Selaginella selaginoides

Lesser Clubmoss
Thelypteris palustris

Marsh Fern
Trichomanes speciosum

Killarney Fern

(now Vandenboschia speciosa)
Woodsia alpina

Alpine Woodsia
Woodsia ilvensis

Oblong Woodsia
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