Ferns

Biodiversity Catalog of Southwest Virginia

Ferns

B=Buchanan

D=Dickenson

R=Russell

T=Tazewell

Fern (Pteridophyte) Taxonomy:

Kingdom Plantae:  Division Tracheophyta: Subdivision Pteridophytina:  Class Polypodiopsida:

Order Osmundales

Thumbnail	Family Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	County
	Osmundaceae	Osmunda claytoniana L. var. claytoniana	Interrupted Fern	B,D,R,T
	Osmundaceae	Osmunda spectabilis Willd.	Royal Fern	B,D,R,T
	Osmundaceae	Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (L.) C. Presl var. cinnsmomrum	Cinnamon Fern	D,R,T

 Order Polypodiales

Thumbnail	Family Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	County
	Dennstaedtiaceae	Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore	Hay-scented Fern	B,D,R,T
	Dennstaedtiaceae	Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn	Bracken Fern	B,D,R,T
	Dryopteridaceae	Dryopteris campyloptera (Kunze) Clarkson	Mountain Wood Fern	R,T
	Dryopteridaceae	Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs	Spinulose Wood Fern, Toothed Wood Fern	B,D,R,T
	Dryopteridaceae	Dyropteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) Gray	Goldie’s Wood Fern	B,D,R,T
	Dryopteridaceae	Dryopteris cristata (L.) Gray	Crested Wood Fern, Crested Fern	R,T
	Dryopteridaceae	Dryoperis intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Gray	Evergreen Wood Fern, Fancy Fern	B,D,R,T
	Dryopteridaceae	Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray	Marginal Wood Fern	B,D,R,T
	Dryopteridaceae	Dryopteris ×neowherryi W.H. Wagner		B
	Dryopteridaceae	Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott	Christmas Fern	B,D,R,T
	Onocleaceae	Onoclea sensibilis L.	Sensitive Fern, Bead Fern	B,D,R,T
	Polypodiaceae	Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andrews & Windham ssp. michuaxiana (Weatherby)	Resurrection Fern, Scaly Polypody	B,D,R,T
	Polypodiaceae	Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham	Appalachian Rock Polypody, Appalachian Rockcap Fern	R,T
	Polypodiaceae	Polypodium virginianum complex	Rockcap Fern	B,D,R,T
	Pteridaceae	Adiantum pedatum L.	Northern Maidenhair Fern	B,D,R,T
	Pteridaceae	Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C. Eat.	Hairy Lip Fern	D,R
	Pteridaceae	Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link	Purple Cliff-brake	R,T
	Pteridaceae	Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn ssp. glabella Pteris multifida Poir.	Smooth Cliff-brake	R,T
	Pteridaceae	Vittaria appalachian Farrar & Mickel	Appalachian Shoestring Fern, Appalachian Gameotophyte	D,R
	Thelypteridaceae	Parathelypteris noveboracensis (L.) Ching	New York Fern	B,D,R,T
	Thelypteridaceae	Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fee	Broad Beech Fern	B,D,R,T
	Thelypteridaceae	Thelypteris palustris Schott var. pubescens (Lawson) Fern.	Marsh Fern	R
	Woodsiaceae	Athyrium asplenioides (Michx.) A.A. Eaton	Southern Lady Fern	B,D,R,T
	Woodsiaceae	Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.	Bulblet Fern, Bulblet Bladder Fern	R,T
	Woodsiaceae	Cystopteris protrusa (Weatherby) Blasdell	Lowland Bladder Fern, Lowland Brittle Fern	B,D,R
	Woodsiaceae	Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv	Fragile Fern, Mackay’s Bladder Fern	D
	Woodsiaceae	Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M. Kato	Silvery Spleenwort	B,D,R,T
	Woodsiaceae	Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C Taylolr	Appalachian Woodsia, Appalachian Cliff Fern, Mountain Woodsia	D
	Woodsiaceae	Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. ssp. obtusa	Blunt-lobed Woodsia, Blunt-lobed Cliff Fern	B,D,R

Order Polypodiidae

Thumbnail	Family Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	County
	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium bradleyi D.C. Eaton	Bradley’s Spleenwort	D
	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium montanum Willd	Mountain Spleenwort	B,D,R,T
	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium platyneuron (l.) B.S.P	Ebony Spleenwort	B,D,R,T
	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium pinnatifidum Nuttall	Lobed Spleenwort, Pinnatifid Spleenwort	B,D
	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium resiliens Kunze	Blackstem Spleenwort	R
	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium rhizophyllum L.	Walking Fern	B,D,R,T
	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium ruta-muraria L.var.cryptolepis (Fern.) Wherry	American Wall-rue	R,T
	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium trichomanes L.	Maidenhair Spleenwort	B,D,R,T
	Aspleniaceae	Asplenium ×kentuckiense T.N. McCoy	Trudell’s Spleenwort	D

Order Ophioglossaceae Taxonomy:

Kingdom Plantae: Division Tracheophyta: Subdivision Pteridophyta: Class Psilotopsida:

Order Ophioglossaceae

Thumbnail	Family Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	County
	Ophioglossaceae	Botrychium matricariifolium (Doll) A. Braun ex Koch	Daisyleaf Grape Fern, Daisyleaf Moonwort	T
	Ophioglossaceae	Botrychium virginianum (L.) Holub	Rattlesnake Fern	B,D,R,T
	Ophioglossaceae	Botrychium biternatum (Savigny) Lyon	Southern Grape Fern	B,D,R
	Ophioglossaceae	Botrychium dissectum (Sprengel) Lyon	Cut-leaf Grape Fern, Dissected Grape Fern	B,D,R,T
	Ophioglossaceae	Botrychium jenmanii (Underwood) Lyon	Alabama Grape Fern	R
	Ophioglossaceae	Botrychium oneidense (Gilbert) Holub	Blunt-lobed Grape Fern	R

Sources:

Virginia Botanical Associates. (2014). Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (http://www.vaplantatlas.org). c/o Virginia Botanical Associates, Blacksburg.

Local photo documented observations.

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