Species on Record

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Scientific Name (Click to Sort)	Common Name (Click to Sort)	Family (Click to Sort)
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.	Southern maidenhair fern, Venus'-hair fern	Pteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Adiantum pedatum L.	Northern maidenhair fern	Pteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.	Lobed spleenwort	Aspleniaceae, Polypodiaceae
Asplenium platyneuron (L.) B.S.P.	Ebony spleenwort, Brown-stem spleenwort	Aspleniaceae, Polypodiaceae
Asplenium resiliens Kunze	black-stemmed spleenwort	Aspleniaceae, Polypodiaceae
Asplenium rhizophyllum L.	Walking fern	Aspleniaceae, Polypodiaceae
Asplenium trichomanes L.	Maidenhair spleenwort	Aspleniaceae, Polypodiaceae
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hulten	Southern lady fern	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Azolla caroliniana Willd.	Carolina mosquitofern, Mosquito fern	Azollaceae, Salviniaceae
Botrychium biternatum (Sav.) Underwood	sparse-lobed grapefern, Southern grapefern	Ophioglossaceae
Botrychium dissectum Spreng.	Dissected grapefern, Cutleaf grapefern, Oblique grapefern	Ophioglossaceae
Botrychium jenmanii Underwood	Alabama grapefern	Ophioglossaceae
Botrychium lunarioides (Michx.) Sw.	Winter grapefern, Prostrate grapefern	Ophioglossaceae
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.	Rattlesnake fern, Common grapefern	Ophioglossaceae
Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn.	Antler fern	Parkeriaceae
Cheilanthes alabamensis (Buckl.) Kunze	Alabama lip fern	Pteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C. Eat.	Hairy lip fern	Pteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Cyrtomium falcatum (L. f.) K. Presl	Asian holly fern	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Cyrtomium fortunei J. Sm.	Fortune's holly fern	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Cystopteris protrusa (Weatherby) Blasdell	Southern bladder fern, lowland brittle fern, Southern fragile fern	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M. Kato	Silvery spleenwort, Silvery glade fern	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Deparia petersenii (Kunze) M. Kato	Japanese false spleenwort	Dryopteriaceae
Diplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) Broun	Glade fern, Narrow-leaved glade fern, Narrow-leaved spleenwort	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Dryopteris ludoviciana (Kunze) Small	Southern wood fern, Louisiana wood fern, Florida wood fern	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Dryopteris X australis (Wherry) Small (pro sp.)	Southern wood fern	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb. ex Murr.) Sw.	Japanese climbing fern	Lygodiaceae, Schizaeaceae
Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.	American climbing fern	Lygodiaceae, Schizaeaceae
Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaud.) Ching	Torres' fern, Mariana maiden fern	Thelypteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Marsilea mutica Mettenius	Water clover	Marsileaceae
Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev.	Water clover	Marsileaceae
Onoclea sensibils L	Sensitive fern, Bead fern	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walt.	Bulbous adder's tongue, Tuber adders-tongue	Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossum engelmannii Prantl	Limestone adder's tongue	Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossum nudicaule L. f.	slender adder's tongue, Least adder's tongue	Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossum petiolatum Hook.	Stalked adder's tongue	Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossum vulgatum L.	Southern adder's tongue, Common adder's tongue	Ophioglossaceae
Osmunda cinnamomea L.	Cinnamon fern	Osmundacaeae
Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) Gray	Royal fern	Osmundacaeae
Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link	Purple cliffbrake, Purple-stemmed cliff brake, Purple cliff brake, Hairy cliff-brake	Pteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fee	Broad beech fern, Southern beech fern	Thelypteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andrews & Windham var. michauxiana (Weatherby) Andrews & Windham	Resurrection fern, Gray polypody	Polypodiaceae
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott	Christmas fern	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn	Bracken fern	Dennstaedtiaceae, Polypodiaceae
Pteris multifida Poir.	Spider brake, Spider fern, Chinese brake	Pteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Pteris vittata L.	Ladder brake, Chinese brake	Pteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Salvinia minima Baker	Water spangles, Floating fern, Salvinia	Salviniaceae
Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitchell	Kariba weed, Giant salvinia	Salviniaceae
scientific name	common name	family name
Thelypteris dentata (Forsk.) E. St. John	Downy shield fern, Tapering tri-vein fern, Downy maiden fern	Thelypteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Thelypteris hispidula (Dcne.) C.F. Reed var. versicolor (R.P. St. John) Lellinger	St. John's shield fern, Variable maiden fern	Thelypteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton	Southern shield fern, Widespread maiden fern, Kunth's shield fern	Thelypteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Thelypteris noveboracensis (L.) Nieuwl.	New York fern, Tapering fern	Thelypteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Thelypteris palustris Schott var. pubescens (Lawson) Fern.	Marsh fern	Thelypteridaceae, Polypodiaceae
Trichomanes boschianum Sturm	Appalachian filmy fern	Hymeophyllaceae
Trichomanes membranaceum L.	Scale-edged bristle fern	Hymeophyllaceae
Trichomanes petersii Gray	Dwarf bristle fern, Peter's bristle fern, Plateau filmy fern, Dwarf filmy fern	Hymeophyllaceae
Vittaria appalachiana Farrar & Mickel	Appalachian shoestring fern	Vittariaceae
Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.	Blunt-lobed cliff fern, Common woodsia	Dryopteriaceae, Polypodiaceae
Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore	Netted chainfern, Net-veined chain fern	Blechnaceae, Polypodiaceae
Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.	Virginia chain fern, Eastern chain fern	Blechnaceae, Polypodiaceae