California Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordanii)

Overview California Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordanii) is a delicate, deciduous fern with fan-shaped pinnae on wiry black stems. It is endemic to California and Baja California. Taxonomy Family:Pteridaceae Genus:Adia

Chinese Brake Fern (Pteris vittata)

Overview Chinese Brake Fern (Pteris vittata), also known as Ladder Brake, is a tall, elegant fern famous for its ability to hyperaccumulate arsenic from contaminated soils. Taxonomy Family:Pteridaceae Genus:Pteris (TA

Royal Lipfern (Cheilanthes notholaenoides)

Overview Royal Lipfern (Cheilanthes notholaenoides) is a rare, small fern from the southwestern US and Mexico, with distinctive powdery white farina on the frond undersides. Taxonomy Family:Adiantaceae Genus:Cheilanth

Narrowleaf Sword Fern (Polystichum imbricans)

Overview Narrowleaf Sword Fern (Polystichum imbricans) is a compact, evergreen fern from western North America, with narrow, overlapping pinnae giving a tidy, architectural appearance. Taxonomy Family:Dryopteridaceae

Fairy Swords / Lindheimer's Lip Fern (Cheilanthes lindheimeri)

Overview Fairy Swords, or Lindheimers Lip Fern (Cheilanthes lindheimeri), is a charming, small fern with upright, sword-like fronds covered in fine hairs. Native to Texas and Mexico. Taxonomy Family:Adiantaceae Genus:

Lance Water Fern (Blechnum chambersii)

Overview Lance Water Fern (Blechnum chambersii) is a small, tufted fern from Australia and New Zealand, with dimorphic fronds: sterile fronds are lanceolate and evergreen, fertile fronds are narrower and erect. Taxonomy

Netted Chain Fern (Woodwardia areolata)

Overview Netted Chain Fern (Woodwardia areolata) is a deciduous fern of eastern North American wetlands, named for its distinctive netted vein pattern and chain-like sori. Taxonomy Family:Blechnaceae Genus:Woodwardia

California Sword Fern (Polystichum californicum)

Overview California Sword Fern (Polystichum californicum) is a robust, evergreen fern native to coastal California and Oregon. Its glossy, leathery fronds form a handsome vase-shaped clump. Taxonomy Family:Dryopterida

Nit-bearing Lipfern (Cheilanthes lendigera)

Overview Nit-bearing Lipfern (Cheilanthes lendigera) is a small, rock-dwelling fern with a distinctive covering of tiny, glandular hairs (resembling nits) on the frond undersides. Taxonomy Family:Adiantaceae Genus:Che

Leather Leaf Fern 'Eleagnifolia' (Pyrrosia eleagnifolia)

Overview Leather Leaf Fern Eleagnifolia (Pyrrosia eleagnifolia) is an epiphytic fern with thick, leathery, simple fronds covered in a distinctive rusty-brown indumentum underneath. Taxonomy Family:Polypodiaceae Genus:

Woolly Lipfern (Cheilanthes tomentosa)

Overview Woolly Lipfern (Cheilanthes tomentosa) is a drought-tolerant, desert fern with densely woolly, silvery fronds. It thrives on dry, rocky slopes in the southwestern US and Mexico. Taxonomy Family:Adiantaceae Ge

Leathery Grape Fern (Botrychium multifidum)

Overview Leathery Grape Fern (Botrychium multifidum) is a fleshy, leathery-leaved fern with a divided sterile blade and a branched fertile spike bearing grape-like sporangia. Taxonomy Family:Ophioglossaceae Genus:Botr

Hen and Chicken Fern (Asplenium gracillimum)

Overview Hen and Chicken Fern (Asplenium gracillimum) is a New Zealand fern that produces bulbils (chickens) on the upper surface of its fronds, which drop off and grow into new plants. Taxonomy Family:Aspleniaceae Ge

Huperzia gnidioides (Fir Clubmoss)

Overview Huperzia gnidioides is a firmoss (clubmoss) with upright, branching stems and small, scale-like leaves. It belongs to the ancient Lycopodiaceae family, not a true fern but a vascular spore plant. Taxonomy Fam

Bird's Foot Fern (Pteris cretica)

Overview Birds Foot Fern (Pteris cretica) is a widely cultivated fern with pinnate fronds divided into narrow, linear pinnae resembling a birds foot. It is the parent species of many variegated cultivars. Taxonomy Fam

Bristly Tree Fern (Dicksonia youngiae)

Overview Bristly Tree Fern (Dicksonia youngiae) is an Australian tree fern distinguished by the dense, bristly hairs covering its trunk and stipes. It forms a slender trunk and graceful crown. Taxonomy Family:Dicksoni

Brazilian Tree Fern (Blechnum moorei)

Overview Brazilian Tree Fern (Blechnum moorei) is a rare, trunk-forming fern from Brazil. Unlike most Blechnum, it develops a short, stout trunk, giving it a tree-like appearance. Taxonomy Family:Blechnaceae Genus:Ble

Dicksonia sellowiana (Tree Fern)

Overview Dicksonia sellowiana is a robust tree fern from South America, forming a thick trunk and a large crown of arching fronds. It is widely cultivated in temperate gardens. Taxonomy Family:Dicksoniaceae Genus:Dick

Veined Bristle-fern (Crepidomanes venosum)

Overview Veined Bristle-fern (Crepidomanes venosum) is a delicate filmy fern with translucent, one-cell-thick fronds and prominent veins. It grows in deep shade on damp rocks. Taxonomy Family:Hymenophyllaceae Genus:Cr

Common Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria)

Overview Common Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria) is a small, fleshy fern with a unique two-part frond: a sterile, fan-shaped blade and a fertile, grape-like spike. It is widespread in temperate grasslands. Taxonomy Famil