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POPULARBird's nest ferns
Asplenium nidus
POPULARSouthern Sword Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
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POPULARTasmanian tree fern
Dicksonia antarctica
POPULARBlue star fern
Phlebodium aureum
POPULARJapanese bird's-nest fern
Asplenium antiquum
Rose of Jericho
Selaginella lepidophylla
Peacock Moss
Selaginella uncinata
Tuberous sword fern
Nephrolepis cordifolia
Elkhorn Fern
Platycerium bifurcatum
Ribbon Ferns
Pteris cretica
Peacock Fern
Selaginella willdenowii
Staghorn Fern
Platycerium superbum
Krauss's Clubmoss
Selaginella kraussiana
Bolbitis heteroclita
Bolbitis heteroclita
Meadow spikemoss
Selaginella apoda
Delta maidenhair fern
Adiantum raddianum
slender brake
Pteris ensiformis
Floating fern
Salvinia natans
Selaginella erythropus
Selaginella erythropus
Angola staghorn fern
Platycerium elephantotis
Black maidenhair fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Holly Fern
Cyrtomium falcatum
Autumn fern
Dryopteris erythrosora
Huperzia squarrosa
Huperzia squarrosa
Platycerium coronarium
Platycerium coronarium
Selaginella tamariscina
Selaginella tamariscina
Water sprite
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Cloak Fern
Didymochlaena truncatula
mother fern
Asplenium bulbiferum
maidenhair spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes
hart's-tongue fern
Asplenium scolopendrium
Deer Fern
Blechnum spicant
golden chicken fern
Cibotium barometz
peltate tonguefern
Elaphoglossum peltatum
Rough horsetail
Equisetum hyemale
variegated spikemoss
Selaginella martensii
field horsetail
Equisetum arvense
western swordfern
Polystichum munitum
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Lady-fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Northern maidenhair fern
Adiantum pedatum
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
giant chainfern
Woodwardia fimbriata
iron fern
Rumohra adiantiformis
toothed clubmoss
Huperzia serrata
marginal woodfern
Dryopteris marginalis
water fern
Azolla filiculoides
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Java fern
Leptochilus pteropus
Soft Shield Fern
Polystichum setiferum
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum
eastern hayscented fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
common polypody
Polypodium vulgare
Microsorum musifolium
Microsorum musifolium
five-finger fern
Adiantum aleuticum
common maidenhair fern
Adiantum aethiopicum
rough maidenhair
Adiantum hispidulum
California maidenhair
Adiantum jordanii
golden leatherfern
Acrostichum aureum
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