NATIVE FERNS in Gin Mistry's Garden August 2023

English name

Species name

Note

  Braun’s holly fern

Polystichum braunii

  Broad beech fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

  Christmas fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

  Cinnamon fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

  Common polypody

Polypodium virginianum

  Ebony spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron

  Glade fern

Homalosorus pycnocarpos

  Goldie’s fern

Dryopteris goldiana

  Hart’s tongue fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

  Hairy lip fern

Myriopteris lanosa

  Intermediate wood fern

Dryopteris intermedia

  Interrupted fern

Osmunda claytoniana

  Lady fern

Athyrium angustum

  Maidenhair fern

Adiantum pedatum

  Maidenhair spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

  Marginal wood fern

Dryopteris marginalis

  Narrow  beech fern

Phegopteris connectilis

  New York fern

Thelypteris noveboracensis

  Oak fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

  Sensitive fern

Onoclea sensibilis

  Spinulose wood fern

Dryopteris carthusiana

  Male fern

Dryopteris filix-mas

(up the steps)

  Marsh fern

Thelypteris palustris

(up the steps , left)

  Ostrich fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

(up the steps in the woods, right)

Other fern species scattered on the property:

  Bulblet bladder fern

Cystopteris bulbifera

  Fragile fern

Cystopteris fragilis

  Hay scented fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

  Japanese painted fern

Athyrium niponicum

(non native)

  Male fern

Dryopteris filix-mas

cultivar,  crispisima

  Royal fern

Osmunda regalis