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• pecopteris go
  Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
  
• filmy fern, film fern go
  any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves
  
• filmy fern, bristle fern go
  any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds
  
• flowering fern, osmund go
  any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes
  
• crape fern, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales feather, Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, Todea superba go
  New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks
  
• king fern, crepe fern, Todea barbara go
  fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
  
• curly grass, curly grass fern, Schizaea pusilla go
  rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
  
• pine fern, Anemia adiantifolia go
  fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs
  
• climbing fern go
  any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining
  
• scented fern, Mohria caffrorum go
  sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds
  
• aquatic fern, water fern go
  ferns that grow in water
  
• adder's tongue, adder's tongue fern go
  ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
  
• grape fern go
  a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
  
• flowering fern, Helminthostachys zeylanica go
  Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
  
• giant scrambling fern, Diplopterygium longissimum go
  large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet high
  
• umbrella fern, fan fern, Sticherus flabellatus, Gleichenia flabellata go
  large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds
  
• polypody go
  any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium
  
• bear's-paw fern, Aglaomorpha meyeniana go
  epiphytic fern with large fronds
  
• strap fern go
  fern with long narrow strap-shaped leaves
  
• basket fern, Drynaria rigidula go
  giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern
  
• lecanopteris go
  any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants
  
• snake polypody, Microgramma-piloselloides go
  epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes
  
• climbing bird's nest fern, Microsorium punctatum go
  tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia
  
• golden polypody, serpent fern, rabbit's-foot fern, Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum go
  tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds
  
• staghorn fern go
  any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag
  
• felt fern, tongue fern, Pyrrosia lingua, Cyclophorus lingua go
  east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues
  
• potato fern, Solanopteris bifrons go
  small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes
  
• ribbon fern, grass fern, Vittaria lineata go
  epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
  
• spleenwort go
  any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
  
• bird's nest fern, Asplenium nidus go
  tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches
  
• hart's-tongue fern, hart's-tongue, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium go
  Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
  
• scale fern, scaly fern, Asplenium ceterach, Ceterach officinarum go
  small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds
  
• Schaffneria nigripes, Asplenium nigripes, Scolopendrium nigripes go
  a fern of the genus Schaffneria
  
• scolopendrium go
  a fern thought to resemble a millipede
  
• hard fern go
  any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum
  
• doodia, rasp fern go
  any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae
  
• chain fern go
  a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
  
• tree fern go
  any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds
  
• davallia go
  any fern of the genus Davallia
  
• scented fern, hay-scented, hay-scented fern, boulder fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula go
  fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
  
• brake, bracken, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum go
  large coarse fern often several feet high
  
• bracken, Pteridium esculentum go
  fern of southeastern Asia
  
• false bracken, Culcita dubia go
  resembles Pteridium aquilinum
  
• shield fern, buckler fern go
  any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
  
• wood fern, wood-fern, woodfern go
  any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
  
• lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina go
  most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
  
• silvery spleenwort, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, Athyrium pycnocarpon, Diplazium pycnocarpon go
  North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
  
• holly fern, Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum go
  tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly
  
• bladder fern go
  any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori
  
• silvery spleenwort, Deparia acrostichoides, Athyrium thelypteroides go
  fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores
  
• oak fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Thelypteris dryopteris go
  bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
  
• limestone fern, northern oak fern, Gymnocarpium robertianum go
  yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere
  
• fiddlehead, ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris go
  tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
  
• hart's-tongue fern, hart's-tongue, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina go
  tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds
  
• sensitive fern, bead fern, Onoclea sensibilis go
  beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe
  
• evergreen wood fern, Christmas fern, canker brake, dagger fern, Polystichum acrostichoides go
  North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
  
• holly fern go
  any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly
  
• leather fern, leatherleaf fern, ten-day fern, Rumohra adiantiformis, Polystichum adiantiformis go
  widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
  
• button fern, Tectaria cicutaria go
  Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
  
• Indian button fern, Tectaria macrodonta go
  fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils
  
• woodsia go
  any fern of the genus Woodsia
  
• oleander fern, Oleandra neriiformis, Oleandra mollis go
  tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander
  
• sword fern go
  any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
  
• leather fern, golden fern, Acrostichum aureum go
  stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
  
• maidenhair, maidenhair fern go
  any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
  
• annual fern, Jersey fern, Anogramma leptophylla go
  small short-lived fern of Central and South America
  
• lip fern, lipfern go
  any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes
  
• lace fern, Cheilanthes gracillima go
  small tufted fern of northwestern America
  
• bamboo fern, Coniogramme japonica go
  fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern
  
• rock brake go
  dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns
  
• hand fern, Doryopteris pedata go
  tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds
  
• rock brake, cliff brake, cliff-brake go
  any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
  
• button fern, Pellaea rotundifolia go
  fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
  
• silver fern, Pityrogramma argentea go
  fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides
  
• silver fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos go
  tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides
  
• golden fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava go
  tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides
  
• gold fern, Pityrogramma chrysophylla go
  fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
  
• brake go
  any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
  
• Pteris cretica go
  cultivated in many varieties as houseplants
  
• spider brake, spider fern, Pteris multifida go
  Asiatic fern introduced in America
  
• ribbon fern, spider fern, Pteris serrulata go
  fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands
  
• potato fern, Marattia salicina go
  large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people
  
• marsh fern, Thelypteris palustris, Dryopteris thelypteris go
  fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places
  
• christella go
  any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds
  
• mountain fern, Oreopteris limbosperma, Dryopteris oreopteris go
  common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds
  
• New York fern, Parathelypteris novae-boracensis, Dryopteris noveboracensis go
  slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America
  
• Massachusetts fern, Parathelypteris simulata, Thelypteris simulata go
  delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States
  
• beech fern go
  any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds