Order Polypodiales

Direct Child Taxa (12)

• Family Aspleniaceae
• Family Athyriaceae
• Family Blechnaceae
• Family Cystopteridaceae
• Family Dennstaedtiaceae
• Family Diplaziopsidaceae
• Family Dryopteridaceae
• Family Onocleaceae
• Family Polypodiaceae
• Family Pteridaceae
• Family Thelypteridaceae
• Family Woodsiaceae

Taxonomic Leaves (53)

1. Bradley's Spleenwort (Asplenium bradleyi)
2. Mountain Spleenwort (Asplenium montanum)
3. Lobed Spleenwort (Asplenium pinnatifidum)
4. Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
5. Blackstem Spleenwort (Asplenium resiliens)
6. Walking Fern (Asplenium rhizophyllum)
7. Wallrue (Asplenium ruta-muraria)
8. Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes trichomanes)
9. Netted Chainfern (Lorinseria areolata)
10. Virginia Chainfern (Anchistea virginica)
11. Eastern Hayscented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)
12. Bulblet Bladderfern (Cystopteris bulbifera)
13. Lowland Bladderfern (Cystopteris protrusa)
14. Tennessee Bladderfern (Cystopteris tennesseensis)
15. Upland Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis)
16. Silvery Glade Fern (Deparia acrostichoides)
17. Glade Fern (Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa)
18. Mountain Woodfern (Dryopteris campyloptera)
19. Spinulose Woodfern (Dryopteris carthusiana)
20. Log Fern (Dryopteris celsa)
21. Crested Woodfern (Dryopteris cristata)
22. Goldie's Woodfern (Dryopteris goldieana)
23. Intermediate Woodfern (Dryopteris intermedia)
24. Marginal Woodfern (Dryopteris marginalis)
25. Western Oakfern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)
26. Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
27. Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
28. Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
29. Rusty Woodsia (Woodsia ilvensis)
30. Blunt-lobed Woodsia (Woodsia obtusa obtusa)
31. Resurrection Fern (Pleopeltis michauxiana)
32. Appalachian Polypody (Polypodium appalachianum)
33. Common Polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
34. Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)
35. Hairy Lipfern (Myriopteris lanosa)
36. Purple Cliffbrake (Pellaea atropurpurea)
37. Smooth Cliffbrake (Pellaea glabella glabella)
38. Spider Brake (Pteris multifida)
39. Long Beechfern (Phegopteris connectilis)
40. Broad Beechfern (Phegopteris hexagonoptera)
41. New York Fern (Parathelypteris noveboracensis)
42. Eastern Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris pubescens)
43. Bog Fern (Thelypteris simulata)
44. Clinton's Woodfern (Dryopteris clintoniana)
45. American Hart's-tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium Asplenium scolopendrium americanum)
46. Southern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris)
47. Cretan Brake (Pteris cretica)
48. Appalachian Shoestring Fern (Vittaria appalachiana)
49. Northern Ladyfern (Athyrium angustum)
50. Southern Ladyfern (Athyrium asplenioides)
51. Eastern Brackenfern (Pteridium aquilinum latiusculum)
52. Tailed Brackenfern (Pteridium aquilinum pseudocaudatum)
53. Japanese Holly Fern (Cyrtomium fortunei)

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Additional taxa

• Ladyfern species (Athyrium sp.)
• Appalachian Oakfern (Gymnocarpium appalachianum)
• European Hart's-tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium Asplenium scolopendrium scolopendrium)
• Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum)
• Cliff Ferns (Woodsia sp.)
• Leeds' Wood Fern (Dryopteris x leedsii)
• Fragile Ferns (Cystopteris sp.)