Connecticut Botanical Society

Learn more about the common ferns of New England.

The Hardy Fern Foundation

Search this North American society’s Fern Database containing images of temperate ferns. Discover cultural conditions needed for fern survival.

Harvard Gazette

Read fern features gathered from around Harvard.

Ferns of the Arboretum

List compiled by Don Lubin and Arboretum staff.

Polypodiopsida

• Athyrium filix-femina (lady)
• Dennstaedtia punctilobula (hayscented)
• Dryopteris intermedia (evergreen)
• Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose)
• Equisetum arvense (horsetail*)
• Matteuccia struthiopteris (ostrich*)
• Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive)
• Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon)
• Osmunda regalis (royal)
• Polypodium appalachianum (polypody*)
• Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York)

All except (*) occur between Bussey Brook and Hemlock Hill.

Related Articles & Resources

• Soltis, Pam, Soltis, Doug, and Edwards, Christine. 2005. Polypodiopsida in the Tree of Life (ToL) web project. Version 03 June 2005.
• Pteridophytes of North America, Flora of North America
• Angelo, R. 1985. Thoreau’s Climbing Fern Rediscovered. Arnoldia 45(3): 24-26. [pdf]