Ferns

OrderFamilyScientific NameCommon Name
HydropteridalesMarsileaceaePilularia americanaAmerican Pillwort
OphioglossalesOphioglossaceaeBotrychium biternatumSparselobe Grapefern
Botrychium dissectumCutleaf Grapefern
Botrychium jenmaniiDixie Grapefern
Botrychium lunarioidesWinter Grapefern
Botrychium virginianumRattlesnake Fern, Common Grapefern
Ophioglossum crotalophoroidesBulbous Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum nudicaule var. tenerumLeast Adderstongue
Ophioglossum vulgatum var. pycnostichumSouthern Adderstongue
PolypodialesAspleniaceaeAsplenium bradleyiBradley's Spleenwort
Asplenium montanumMountain Spleenwort
Asplenium pinnatifidumLobed Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuronEbony Spleenwort
Asplenium resiliensBlackstem Spleenwort
Asplenium rhizphyllumWalking Fern
Asplenium trichomanes spp. trichomanesMaidenhair Spleenwort
Asplenium X kentuckienseSpleenwort sp.
PolypodialesBlechnacaeWoodwardia areolataNetted Chainfern
Woodwardia virginicaVirginia Chainfern
PolypodialesDennstaedtiaceaeDennstaedtia punctilobulaEastern Hayscented Fern
Pteridium aquilinumWestern Brackenfern
PolypodialesDryopteridaceaeAthyrium filix-femina var. asplenioidesAsplenium Ladyfern
Cyrtomium fortuneiAsian Netvein Hollyfern
Cystopteris protrusaLowland Bladderfern
Deparia acrostichoidesSilver False Spleenwort
Diplazium pycnocarponGlade Fern
Dryopteris goldianaGoldie's Woodfern
Dryopteris marginalisMarginal Woodfern
Onoclea sensibilisSensitive Fern
Polystichum acrostichoidesChristmas Fern
Woodsia obtusaBluntlobe Cliff Fern
PolypodialesHymenophyllaceaeTrichomanes petersiiDwarf Bristle Fern
PolypodialesLygodiaceaeLygodium japonicumJapanese Climbing Fern
Lygodium palmatumAmerican Climbing Fern
PolypodialesOsmundaceaeOsmunda cinnamomeaCinnamon Fern
Osmunda regalisRoyal Fern
PolypodialesPolypodiaceaePleopeltis polypodioides var michauxianaResurrection Fern
Polypodium virginianumRock Polypody
PolypodialesPteridaceaeAdiantum capillus-venerisCommon Maidenhair
Adiantum pedatumNorthern Maidenhair
Cheilanthes alabamensisAlabama Lipfern
Cheilanthes lanosaHairy Lipfern
Cheilanthes tomentosaWoolly Lipfern
Pellaea atropurpureaPurple Cliffbrake
Pteris multifidaSpider Brake
PolypodialesThelypteridaceaeMacrothelypteris torresianaSwordfern
Phegopteris hexagonopteraBroad Beechfern
Thelypteris noveboracensisNew York Fern
Thelypteris palustris var pubescensEastern Marsh Fern

Sources of information:


Sweeney, P. W. and D. E. Giannasi. 2000. The Vascular Plant Distribution Atlas of Georgia: Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Monocots. (www.plantbio.uga.edu/herbarium/GeorgiaAtlas/; posted June 2007)
USDA Plants Database.