Polypodium hesperium: Western Licorice Fern

Polypodium hesperium, the Western Licorice Fern or Western Polypody, is a deciduous to semi-evergreen fern native to western North America. It has a creeping, licorice-flavored rhizome and produces leathery, deeply pinna

Dicksonia blumei: Tree Fern (Paku Kidang)

Dicksonia blumei is a tree fern native to the tropical montane forests of Southeast Asia (Java, Sumatra, etc.). It develops a slender trunk covered in persistent leaf bases and roots, topped by a crown of large, tripinna

Polypodium vulgare: Common Polypody

Polypodium vulgare, the Common Polypody or Rock Polypody, is a widespread, evergreen fern native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in parts of North America. It has a creeping rhizome that tastes sweet (licorice-like), pro

Polystichum setiferum: Soft Shield Fern

Polystichum setiferum, the Soft Shield Fern, is a beautiful, evergreen, clump-forming fern native to Europe. It forms a symmetrical shuttlecock of arching, finely divided, bipinnate fronds that are soft to the touch (hen

Woodwardia radicans: European Chain Fern

Woodwardia radicans, the European Chain Fern, is a magnificent, large, evergreen fern native to Macaronesia and the Mediterranean region. It forms a robust, arching clump of bipinnate fronds up to 6-10 feet long. The fro

Microsorum scolopendria: Wart Fern (Monarch Fern)

Microsorum scolopendria, known as Wart Fern, Monarch Fern, Maile-scented Fern, or Lauae (Hawaii), is a creeping, epiphytic or terrestrial fern native to tropical Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. It has a long, rhizome c

Platycerium veitchii: Silver Elkhorn Fern

Platycerium veitchii, the Silver Elkhorn Fern, is a spectacular epiphytic fern native to semi-arid regions of Queensland, Australia. Unlike many staghorns, it is adapted to brighter, drier conditions. It forms two types

Athyrium 'Ghost': Ghost Fern

Athyrium Ghost is a stunning hybrid lady fern (cross between A. niponicum var. pictum and A. filix-femina) renowned for its ethereal, silvery-white fronds. The new fronds emerge a brilliant, frosted white with a subtle g

Pellaea ovata: Cliff Brake Fern

Pellaea ovata, known as Cliff Brake Fern, Ovateleaf Cliffbrake, or Flexuous Cliff Brake, is a graceful, evergreen fern native to the southern US, Caribbean, and Central America. It forms an open clump of arching, pinnate

Astrolepis cochisensis: Cochise Scaly Cloakfern

Astrolepis cochisensis, the Cochise Scaly Cloakfern or Narrow Cloak Fern, is a compact, semi-evergreen fern native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico. It forms a clump of erect, pinnate fronds with narrow, leathe

Asplenium trichomanes: Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes, the Maidenhair Spleenwort or Common Spleenwort, is a small, elegant, evergreen fern with a near-global distribution in temperate regions. It forms a tight tuft of narrow, simply pinnate fronds (4-8

Paesia scaberula: Lace Fern (Ring Fern)

Paesia scaberula, known as Lace Fern, Ring Fern, or Scented Fern, is a delicate, creeping, deciduous fern native to New Zealand. It forms a loose, spreading mat of finely divided, lacy, pale green fronds that are triangu

Woodwardia fimbriata: Giant Chain Fern

Woodwardia fimbriata, the Giant Chain Fern, is the largest fern native to North America, found in coastal forests from British Columbia to California. It forms a massive, vase-shaped clump of erect, arching, bipinnate fr

Pellaea falcata: Sickle Fern (Australian Cliff Brake)

Pellaea falcata, known as Sickle Fern, Fee Sickle Fern, or Australian Cliff Brake, is an attractive, evergreen fern native to Australia and New Zealand. It forms a tuft of arching, pinnate fronds with distinctive, sickle

Astrolepis sinuata: Wavy Scaly Cloakfern

Astrolepis sinuata, known as Wavy Scaly Cloakfern, Star-scaled Fern, or Wavy Cloak Fern, is a distinctive, semi-evergreen fern native to the Americas from the southern US to South America. It forms a clump of erect, pinn

Microlepia platyphylla: Plate Fern

Microlepia platyphylla, the Plate Fern, is a large, lush, terrestrial fern native to tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific. It forms a spreading clump of arching, bipinnate to tripinnate fronds that can reach 3-5

Pellaea truncata: Spiny Cliffbrake

Pellaea truncata, the Spiny Cliffbrake, is a small, compact, evergreen fern native to the southwestern US and Mexico. It forms a tight clump of erect, pinnate fronds with leathery, blue-green pinnae (leaflets) that have

Cibotium glaucum: Hawaiian Tree Fern (Hapuʻu pulu)

Cibotium glaucum, the Hawaiian Tree Fern or Blonde Tree Fern (Hapuʻu pulu in Hawaiian), is an iconic, large tree fern endemic to Hawaii. It develops a massive, woody trunk up to 20+ feet tall, covered in a dense, silky,

Didymochlaena truncatula: Mahogany Fern

Didymochlaena truncatula, known as Mahogany Fern, Tree Maidenhair Fern, or Moon Fern, is a distinctive, evergreen fern from tropical regions worldwide. It forms a rosette of erect, simply pinnate fronds that emerge a str

Thelypteris decursive-pinnata: Japanese Beech Fern

Thelypteris decursive-pinnata, commonly called Japanese Beech Fern, is a graceful, deciduous, spreading fern native to East Asia. It forms a loose colony of erect, lance-shaped fronds that are pinnate-pinnatifid, with th