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Lycopods, club mosses, and quillworts | True ferns | Horsetails

Lycopods, Club Mosses, and Quillworts
Division Lycophyta

Order Isoetales

Acadian quillwort Isoëtes acadiensis
Bolander's quillwort Isoëtes bolanderi
Spiny-spored quillwort Isoëtes echinospora
Engelmann's quillwort Isoëtes engelmannii
Howell's quillwort Isoëtes howellii
Lake quillwort Isoëtes lacustris
Maritime quillwort Isoëtes maritima
Nuttall's quillwort. Isoëtes nuttallii
Western quillwort Isoëtes occidentalis
Prototype quillwort Isoëtes prototypus
Shore quillwort Isoëtes riparia
Tuckerman's quillwort Isoëtes tuckermanii

 

Order Lycopsida

Alpine club-moss Diphasiastrum alpinum
Northern running-pine Diphasiastrum complanatum
Southern running-pine Diphasiastrum digitatum
Sitka club-moss Diphasiastrum sitchense
Blue ground-cedar Diphasiastrum tristachyum
Mountain fir-moss Huperzia appalachiana
Alpine fir-moss Huperzia haleakalae
Shining fir-moss Huperzia lucidula
Pacific fir-moss Huperzia miyoshiana
Huperzia occidentalis
Northern fir-moss Huperzia selago
Northern bog club-moss Lycopodiella inundata
Bristly club-moss Lycopodium annotinum
Common club-moss Lycopodium clavatum
Prickly tree club-moss Lycopodium dendroideum
Hickey's tree club-moss Lycopodium hickeyi
One-cone club-moss Lycopodium lagopus
Flat-branched tree club-moss Lycopodium obscurum

 

True Ferns
Division Pterophyta

Order Blechnales

American alpine lady fern Athyrium alpestre americanum
Northern lady fern Athyrium filix-femina angustum
Northwestern lady fern Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum
Brittle fern, fragile fern Cystopteris fragilis
Laurentian bladder fern Cystopteris laurentiana
Mountain bladder fern Cystopteris montana
Southern bladder fern, lowland brittle fern Cystopteris protrusa
Mackay's brittle fern Cystopteris tenuis
Narrow-leaved glade fern, narrow-leaved-spleenwort, glade fern Diplazium pycnocarpon
Marginal wood fern, coastal wood fern Dryopteris arguta
Mountain wood fern, eastern spreading wood fern Dryopteris campyloptera
Spinulose wood fern, toothed wood fern Dryopteris carthusiana
Clinton's wood fern Dryopteris clintoniana
Crested wood fern Dryopteris cristata
Northern wood fern, spreading wood fern Dryopteris expansa
Male fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Fragrant wood fern Dryopteris fragrans
Evergreen wood fern, fancy fern Dryopteris intermedia
Western oak fern Gymnocarpium disjunctum
Common oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Nahanni oak fern Gymnocarpium jessoense parvulum
Limestone oak fern Gymnocarpium robertianum
Ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris pensylvanica
Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
Anderson's sword fern Polystichum andersonii
Braun's holly fern Polystichum braunii
California sword fern Polystichum californicum
Polystichum imbricans imbricans
Kruckeberg's holly fern Polystichum kruckebergii
Polystichum kwakiutlii
Shasta fern Polystichum lemmonii
Holly fern Polystichum lonchitis
Common sword fern Polystichum munitum
Rock sword fern Polystichum scopulinum
Alaska sword fern Polystichum setigerum
Alpine cliff fern Woodsia alpina
Smooth cliff fern Woodsia glabella
Rusty cliff fern Woodsia ilvensis
Woodsia obtusa obtusa
Woodsia oregana oregana
Woodsia oregana cathcartiana
Woodsia scopulina laurentiana
Woodsia scopulina scopulina

 

Order Dicksoniales

Hay-scented fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Spicebush, Benjamin bush Lindera benzoin
Eastern bracken Pteridium aquilinum latiusculum
Western bracken Pteridium aquilinum pubescens

 

Order Filicopsida

Adulterated spleenwort Asplenium adulterinum
Ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
Walking fern Asplenium rhizophyllum
Wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
American hart's-tongue. Asplenium scolopendrium americanum
Asplenium trichomanes trichomanes
Asplenium trichomanes quadrivalens
Green spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum
Azolla filiculoides
Azolla mexicana
Deer fern Blechnum spicant
Woodwardia areolata
Giant chain fern Woodwardia fimbriata
Virginia chain fern Woodwardia virginica
Marsilea quadrifolia
Marsilea vestita
Interrupted fern Osmunda claytoniana
Osmunda regalis spectabilis
Appalachian polypody Polypodium appalachianum
Licorice fern Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Coast polypody Polypodium scouleri
Rock polypody Polypodium virginianum
Goldie's wood fern Dryopteris goldiana
Marginal wood fern Dryopteris marginalis
Northern beech fern, narrow beech fern Phegopteris connectilis
Broad beech fern, southern beech fern Phegopteris hexagonoptera
Polypodium amorphum
Nevada marsh fern Thelypteris nevadensis
New York fern Thelypteris noveboracensis
Thelypteris palustris pubescens
Thelypteris quelpaertensis
Massachusetts fern Thelypteris simulata

 

Order Hymenophyllales

Wright's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wrightii

 

Order Lamiales

Pointed moonwort Botrychium acuminatum

 

Order Ophioglossales

Upswept moonwort Botrychium ascendens
Prairie moonwort Botrychium campestre
Dissected grapefern Botrychium dissectum
Western moonwort Botrychium hesperium
Narrow triangle moonwort Botrychium lanceolatum angustisegmentum
Botrychium lanceolatum lanceolatum
Common moonwort Botrychium lunaria
Daisy-leaf moonwort Botrychium matricariifolium
Mingan moonwort Botrychium minganense
Western goblin Botrychium montanum
Leather grapefern Botrychium multifidum
Blunt-lobed grapefern Botrychium oneidense
Pale moonwort Botrychium pallidum
Paradox moonwort Botrychium paradoxum
Stalked moonwort Botrychium pedunculosum
Northwestern moonwort Botrychium pinnatum
False northwestern moonwort Botrychium pseudopinnatum
St. Lawrence grapefern Botrychium rugulosum
Least moonwort Botrychium simplex
Spatulate moonwort Botrychium spathulatum
Rattlesnake fern, common grapefern Botrychium virginianum
Northern adder's-tongue Ophioglossum pusillum

 

Order Polygonales

Sweet-flag Acorus americanus
Silvery-spleenwort, silvery glade fern Deparia acrostichoides

 

Order Polypodiales

Western polypody Polypodium hesperium
Polypodium sibiricum


Order Pteridales

Western maidenhair, Aleutian maidenhair Adiantum aleuticum
Venus's-hair fern, southern maidenhair Adiantum capillus-veneris
Northern maidenhair Adiantum pedatum
Indian's dream Aspidotis densa
Slender lip fern Cheilanthes feei
Lace fern Cheilanthes gracillima
Cascade parsley fern Cryptogramma cascadensis
Alaska parsley fern Cryptogramma sitchensis
Slender rock-brake or cliff-brake, Steller's rock-brake, fragile rock-brake Cryptogramma stelleri
Pellaea atropurpurea
Pellaea gastonyi
Pellaea glabella glabella
Pellaea glabella occidentalis
Pellaea glabella simplex
Pentagramma triangularis triangularis

 

Order Schizeales

Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea
Curly-grass fern Schizaea pusilla

 

Horsetails
Division Sphenophyta

Order Sphenopsida

Equisetum ×ferrissii
Equisetum ×litorale
Equisetum ×mackaii
Field horsetail, common horsetail Equisetum arvense
River horsetail, pipes Equisetum fluviatile
Equisetum hyemale affine
Smooth scouring rush Equisetum laevigatum
Marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre
Meadow horsetail Equisetum pratense
Dwarf scouring rush Equisetum scirpoides
Wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum
Equisetum telmateia braunii
Equisetum variegatum alaskanum
Equisetum variegatum variegatum

 

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