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Ferns and Fern-allies - Pteridophyta

Group Description

Non-flowering vascular plants which disperse via spores not seed. It was a once recognised taxon 'Pteridophyta' but as Ferns and Horsetails are more closely related to flowering plants than to mosses, the taxon is no longer accepted but still continues as a grouping.

Equisetopsida (Horsetails) Filicopsida (Fern) Polypodiopsida Psilotopsida (Whisk Ferns) None in UK

Bryophyta (Moss)

SubGroups

name latinname species sightings media image
Adder's-tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum 1 1 6 image for Adder's-tongue
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum 1 6 18 image for Black Spleenwort
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum 1 2 3 image for Bracken
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata 1 5 12 image for Broad Buckler-fern
Common Polypody Polypodium vulgare 1 3 10 image for Common Polypody
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense 1 3 2 image for Field Horsetail
Fortune's Holly-fern Cyrtomium fortunei 1 2 16 image for Fortune's Holly-fern
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia 1 9 17 image for Great Horsetail
Hard Shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum 1 4 8 image for Hard Shield-fern
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant 1 3 12 image for Hard-fern
Hart's-tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium 1 21 31 image for Hart's-tongue Fern
Intermediate Polypody Polypodium interjectum 1 12 23 image for Intermediate Polypody
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina 1 1 3 image for Lady-fern
Limestone Fern Gymnocarpium robertianum 1 2 11 image for Limestone Fern
Maidenhair Fern Adiantum capillus-veneris 1 10 29 image for Maidenhair Fern
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes 2 13 58 image for Maidenhair Spleenwort
Male Fern Dryopteris filix-mas 1 8 11 image for Male Fern
Rough Maidenhair-fern Adiantum hispidulum 1 1 11 image for Rough Maidenhair-fern
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis 1 1 8 image for Royal Fern
Rusty-back Fern Asplenium ceterach 1 22 36 image for Rusty-back Fern
Scaly Male Fern Dryopteris affinis 3 6 26 image for Scaly Male Fern
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum 1 1 5 image for Sea Spleenwort
Soft Shield Fern Polystichum setiferum 1 9 28 image for Soft Shield Fern
Southern Polypody Polypodium cambricum 1 9 29 image for Southern Polypody
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria 1 11 19 image for Wall-rue
Water Horsetail Equisetum fluviatile 1 1 4 image for Water Horsetail
Western Sword-fern Polystichum munitum 1 1 6 image for Western Sword-fern