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SHENANDOAH
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Appendix (continued)

Ferns and Fern Allies

This list of park ferns is taken from Peter Mazzeo's "Ferns and Fern Allies of Shenandoah National Park."

Habitat symbols: 1 oak, oak-hickory forest; 2 cove hardwoods; 3 hemlock, hemlock-white pine groves; 4 oak-pine forest; 5 birch-maple forest; 6 wooded streams, stream margins, boggy places; 7 fields, road shoulders; 8 shrubby abandoned fields; 9 shrub swamp; 10 open cliffs, rock outcrops; 11 shaded cliffs, rock outcrops

Occurrence symbols: C common; U uncommon; R rare


Common NameScientific Name HabitatsOccurrence

Common HorsetailEquisetum arvense7U
Mountain Club-mossLycopodium selago11R
Fir Club-mossL. selago var. patens11U
Shining Club-mossL. lucidulum2, 3U
Common Club-mossL. clavatum8R
Round-branched GroundpineL. obscurum var. dendroideum4U
Running PineL. flabelliforme1, 3, 4, 5.8C
Ground-cedarL. tristachyum4, 8U
SpikemossSelaginella rupestris10U
QuillwortIsoetes virginica9R
Leathery Grape-fernBotrychium multifidum8R
Blunt-lobed Grape-fernB. oneidense2, 5U
Cutleaf Grape-fernB. dissectum1, 8U
Oblique Grape-fernB. dissectum f. obliquum1, 8C
Triangle Grape-fernB. matricariaefolium2, 5U
Daisy-leaf Grape-fernB. lanceolatum var. angustisegmentum5R
Rattlesnake-fernB. virginianum2C
Royal FernOsmunda regalis6, 9U
Interrupted FernO. claytoniana1, 2, 5, 6C
Cinnamon FernO. cinnamonea6, 9C
Rusty WoodsiaWoodsia ilvensis10R
Blunt-lobed WoodsiaW. obtusa8, 10, 11C
Fragile FernCystopteris fragilis11U
Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis6, 9C
Woodland Oak FernThelypteris dryopteris5, 11U
Marsh FernT. palustris6, 9U
New York FernT. noveboracensis2, 3, 6C
Broad Beech FernT. hexagonoptera2C
Spinulose Wood-fernDryopteris spinulosa
D. intermedia
6
2, 3, 5, 11
U
C
Marginal Shield-fernD. marginalis1, 2, 3, 5, 11C
Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides1, 2, 3, 11C
Hay-scented FernDennstaedtia punctilobula1, 5, 7, 8, 11C
Silvery SpleenwortAthyrium thelypterioides2U
Lady FernA. filix-femina var. asplenioides (A. asplenioides A. Eaton)2, 6C
Walking FernCamptosorus rhizophyllus11U
Pinnatifid SpleenwortAsplenium pinnatifidum11R
Mountain SpleenwortA. montanum11U
Bradley's SpleenwortA. bradleyi11R
Blackstem SpleenwortA. resiliens11R
Maidenhair SpleenwortA. trichomanes11U
Ebony SpleenwortA. platyneuron8, 10, 11C
Hairy Lip-fernCheilanthes lanosa10U
Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum2C
Bracken FernPteridium aquilinum4, 8C
Common PolypodyPolypodium virginianum11C

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