Ferns
From The Plant Encyclopedia
A fern is a term referring to about 12,000 species. They are the most ancient vascular plants; lacking flowers and seed, but instead reproducing via spores. Most cultivated ferns are valued for their ability to grow in shade, and also for their edible fiddleheads, a delicacy in many cusines.
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Popular Cultivated Ferns
- Asparagus Fern Asparagus densiflorus
- Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
- Boston Fern Nephrolepis exaltata Bostoniensis
- Deer Fern Blechnum spicant
- Cinnamon Ferns Osmunda cinnamomea
- Maidenhairs Adiantum
- Lady Ferns Athyrium filix-femina
- New York Fern Thelypteris noveboracensis
- New Zeland King Fern Ptisana salicia
- Pen Of The Sea Blechnum penna-marina
- Sword Fern Blechnum spicant
- Parsley Fern Cryptogramma crispa
- Painted Fern Athyrium nipponicum
- Wood Ferns Dryopteris goldiana
- Heart's Tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium
- Horsetails Equisetum
- Oak Fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris
- Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinamoea
- Royal Fern Osmunda regalis
- Tree Ferns Dicksonia
- Vegetable Fern Athyrium esculentum
- Western Sword Fern Polystichum munitum
Ferns commonly grown indoors
- Asparagus Fern Asparagus densiflorus
- Boston Fern Nephrolepis exaltata Bostoniensis
- Rabbit's Foot Fern Polypodium aureum
- Staghorn Fern Platycerium
- Peapod Fern Pellaea Rotundifolia
- Scotch Moss Selaginella kraussiana
Food Fern Varieties - "Fiddlehead Ferns"
- Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
- Ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea
- Royal fern Osmunda regalis
- Japanese Flowering Fern Zenmai
- Vegetable fern Athyrium esculentum
Genera in this category
- Adiantum
- Aleuritopteris
- Anogramma
- Arachniodes
- Argyrochosma
- Aspidotis
- Asplenium
- Asplenium scolopendrium
- Astrolepis
- Athyrium
- Athyrium esculentum
- Avena
- Blechnum
- Bolbitis
- Calochlaena
- Campyloneurum
- Ceratopteris
- Cheilanthes
- Cibotium
- Cnemidaria
- Cryptogramma
- Dicksonia
- Equisetum
- Marselia
- Pellaea Rotundifolia
- Platycerium
- Polypodium aureum
- Ptisana salicia
- Süsswassertang
- Thelypteris noveboracensis
