Introduction to Ferns
The general characteristics of ferns
Please take note: ALL ferns on the HCCC Nature Center are protected. Please do not pick, pluck, sever, destroy or carry away any fern or parts thereof. Please take pictures only!Key to Identifying Ferns of the HCCC Nature Center
Photos
- Bracken Fern: Brake Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- Broadbeech Fern (Thelypteris hexagonoptera)
- Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
- Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
- Clubmosses (Lycopodiums)
- Evergreen Woodfern (Dryopteris spinulosa var.intermedia)
- Ferns not found on the HCCC Nature Center
- Hayscented Fern: Boulder Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)
- Horsetails or Scouring Rushes
- Interrupted Fern (Osmunda Claytoniana)
- Lady Fern (Athyrium Filix-femina)
- Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)
- Marginal Woodfern (Dryopteris marginalis)
- New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
- Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia Struthiopteris)
- Rattlesnake Fern (Botrychium virginianum)
- Sensitive Fern: Bead Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- Silvery Spleenwort (Athyrium thelypteroides)
- Spinulose Woodfern (Dryopteris spinulosa)