#class_Filicopsida__Filicopsida__Filicinae__class_Filicinae  ferns
  supertype:  class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  division_Pteridophyta
  member:  fern  any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
  member:  family_Schizaeaceae__Schizaeaceae  small family of mainly tropical ferns
     member:  genus_Schizaea__Schizaea  type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern
        member:  curly_grass_fern__curlygrassfern__curly_grass__curlygras__Schizaea_pusilla  rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
     member:  genus_Anemia__Anemia  genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America
        member:  pine_fern__Anemia_adiantifolia  fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs
     member:  genus_Lygodium__Lygodium  chiefly tropical climbing ferns
        member:  climbing_fern  any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium
     member:  genus_Mohria__Mohria  African terrestrial ferns
        member:  scented_fern__scentedfern__mohriacaffrorum  sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds
  member:  family_Marsileaceae__Marsileaceae  clover ferns
     member:  genus_Marsilea__Marsilea  clover ferns
        member:  clover_fern__pepperwort  any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
        member:  water_clover__waterclover__Marsilea_quadrifolia  water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
     member:  genus_Pilularia__Pilularia  pillworts
        member:  pillwort__Pilularia_globulifera  European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps
     member:  genus_Regnellidium  1 species of aquatic or semi-aquatic fern
        member:  regnellidium__Regnellidium_diphyllum  small latex-containing aquatic fern of southern Brazil
  member:  family_Salviniaceae__Salviniaceae  water ferns
     member:  genus_Salvinia__Salvinia  type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns
        member:  floating-moss__Salvinia_rotundifolia__Salvinia_auriculata  free-floating aquatic ferns
     member:  genus_Azolla__Azolla  a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae
        member:  mosquito_fern__floating_fern__Carolina_pond_fern__Azolla_caroliniana  small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
  member:  order_Ophioglossales__Ophioglossales  coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae
     member:  family_Ophioglossaceae__Ophioglossaceae  a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
        member:  genus_Ophioglossum__Ophioglossum  the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae
           member:  adder's_tongue_fern__adder's_tongue__adder'stongue  ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
        member:  genus_Botrychium__Botrychium  grape fern; moonwort
           member:  grape_fern__grapefern  a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
        member:  genus_Helminthostachys__Helminthostachys  1 species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia
           member:  flowering_fern__floweringfern__Helminthostachys_zeylanica  Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
  member:  order_Filicales__Filicales__Polypodiales__order_Polypodiales  true (leptosporangiate) ferns
     member:  family_Hymenophyllaceae__Hymenophyllaceae  terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
        member:  genus_Hymenophyllum__Hymenophyllum  type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns
           member:  filmy_fern__filmyfern__film_fern  any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves
        member:  genus_Trichomanes__Trichomanes  bristle ferns; kidney ferns
           member:  bristle_fern__bristlefern__filmy_fern__filmyfern  any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks
     member:  family_Osmundaceae__Osmundaceae  large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
        member:  genus_Osmunda  type genus of the Osmundaceae
           member:  osmund__flowering_fern__floweringfern  any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
        member:  genus_Leptopteris__Leptopteris  including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea
           member:  crape_fern__crapefern__Prince-of-Wales_fern__Prince-of-Wales_feather__Prince-of-Wales_plume__Leptopteris_superba__Todea_superba  New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea
        member:  genus_Todea__Todea  a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae
           member:  crepe_fern__crepefern__king_fern__Todea_barbara  fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
     member:  family_Azollaceae__Azollaceae  used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
     member:  family_Gleicheniaceae__Gleicheniaceae  a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales
        member:  genus_Gleichenia__Gleichenia  type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand
        member:  genus_Dicranopteris__Dicranopteris  terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground; pantropical
        member:  genus_Diplopterygium__Diplopterygium  scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific
           member:  giant_scrambling_fern__Diplopterygium_longissimum  large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet high; Pacific region and China
        member:  genus_Sticherus__Sticherus  umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand
           member:  umbrella_fern__fan_fern__fanfern__Sticherus_flabellatus__Gleichenia_flabellata  large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
     member:  family_Parkeriaceae__Parkeriaceae  coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae
        member:  genus_Ceratopteris__Ceratopteris  water ferns
           member:  floating_fern__water_sprite__watersprite__ceratopterispteridioide  aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
           member:  Ceratopteris_thalictroides__floating_fern  pantropical aquatic fern
     member:  family_Polypodiaceae__Polypodiaceae  ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)
        member:  genus_Polypodium__Polypodium  a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori
           member:  polypody  any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium
        member:  genus_Aglaomorpha__Aglaomorpha  epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia
           member:  bear's-paw_fern__Aglaomorpha_meyeniana  epiphytic fern with large fronds; Taiwan and Philippines
        member:  genus_Campyloneurum__Campyloneurum  epiphytic ferns of tropical America
           member:  strap_fern__strapfern  fern with long narrow strap-shaped leaves
        member:  genus_Drymoglossum__Drymoglossum  epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea
        member:  genus_Drynaria__Drynaria  large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia
           member:  Drynaria_rigidula__basket_fern  giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia
        member:  genus_Lecanopteris  epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea
           member:  lecanopteris  any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants
        member:  genus_Microgramma__Microgramma  epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa
           member:  snake_polypody__snakepolypody__Microgramma-piloselloides  epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America
        member:  genus_Microsorium__Microsorium  tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia
           member:  climbing_bird's_nest_fern__Microsorium_punctatum  tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia
        member:  genus_Phlebodium__Phlebodium  chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori
           member:  golden_polypody__serpent_fern__serpentfern__rabbit's-foot_fern__Phlebodium_aureum__Polypodium_aureum  tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium
        member:  genus_Platycerium__Platycerium  often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns
           member:  staghorn_fern  any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag
           member:  common_staghorn_fern__elkhorn_fern__elkhornfern__platyceriumbifurcatum__Platycerium_alcicorne  commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia
        member:  genus_Pyrrosia__Pyrrosia  epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World
           member:  felt_fern__tongue_fern__Pyrrosia_lingua__Cyclophorus_lingua  east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
        member:  genus_Solanopteris__Solanopteris  tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales
           member:  Solanopteris_bifrons__potato_fern  small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes
        member:  genus_Cyclophorus__Cyclophorus  tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia
        member:  genus_Ceterach__Ceterach  small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus
        member:  genus_Phyllitis__Phyllitis__genus_Scolopendrium  a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
     member:  family_Vittariaceae__Vittariaceae  one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
        member:  genus_Vittaria__Vittaria  tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds
           member:  grass_fern__grassfern__ribbon_fern__Vittaria_lineata  epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
     member:  family_Aspleniaceae__Aspleniaceae  one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium; Pleurosorus; Schaffneria
        member:  genus_Asplenium__Asplenium  in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
           member:  spleenwort  any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
           member:  bird's_nest_fern__Asplenium_nidus  tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches
           member:  Asplenium_scolopendrium__hart's-tongue__hart's-tongue_fern__Phyllitis_scolopendrium  Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
           member:  scale_fern__scalefern__scaly_fern__scalyfern__Asplenium_ceterach__Ceterach_officinarum  small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds
        member:  genus_Camptosorus__Camptosorus  classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium
        member:  genus_Pleurosorus__Pleurosorus  small genus comprising terrestrial ferns; found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand
        member:  genus_Schaffneria__Schaffneria  1 species
           member:  Schaffneria_nigripes__Asplenium_nigripes__Scolopendrium_nigripes  a fern of the genus Schaffneria
     member:  family_Blechnaceae__Blechnaceae  one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum; Doodia; Sadleria; Stenochlaena; Woodwardia
        member:  genus_Blechnum__Blechnum  in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns
           member:  hard_fern  any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum
        member:  genus_Doodia  in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia
           member:  doodia__rasp_fern  any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae
        member:  genus_Sadleria__Sadleria  low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on lava flows of Hawaiian Islands
        member:  genus_Stenochlaena__Stenochlaena  large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia
        member:  genus_Woodwardia__Woodwardia  in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns
           member:  chain_fern__chainfern  a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
     member:  family_Dicksoniaceae__Dicksoniaceae  tree ferns: genera Dicksonia; Cibotium; Culcita; Thyrsopteris
        member:  genus_Dicksonia__Dicksonia  tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae
           member:  soft_tree_fern__Dicksonia_antarctica  of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates
        member:  genus_Cibotium__Cibotium  in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds
           member:  Scythian_lamb__Cibotium_barometz  Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic
        member:  genus_Culcita__Culcita  includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands
           member:  false_bracken__falsebracken__Culcita_dubia  resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland Australia
        member:  genus_Thyrsopteris  1 species
           member:  thyrsopteris__Thyrsopteris_elegans  a terrestrial tree fern of South America
     member:  family_Oleandraceae__Oleandraceae  one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
        member:  genus_Oleandra__Oleandra  or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns
           member:  oleander_fern__Oleandra_neriiformis__Oleandra_mollis  tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia
        member:  genus_Arthropteris__Arthropteris  tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns
        member:  genus_Nephrolepis__Nephrolepis  small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae
           member:  sword_fern__swordfern  any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
     member:  family_Pteridaceae__Pteridaceae  one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
        member:  genus_Acrostichum__Acrostichum  in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
           member:  leather_fern__leatherfern__goldenfern__Acrostichum_aureum  stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
        member:  genus_Actiniopteris__Actiniopteris  terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa
        member:  genus_Adiantum__Adiantum  cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
           member:  maidenhair_fern__maidenhair  any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
        member:  genus_Anogramma__Anogramma  a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae
           member:  annual_fern__Jersey_fern__Anogramma_leptophylla  small short-lived fern of Central and South America
        member:  genus_Cheilanthes__Cheilanthes  small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
           member:  lip_fern__lipfern  any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions
           member:  lace_fern__Cheilanthes_gracillima  small tufted fern of northwestern America
        member:  genus_Coniogramme__Coniogramme  terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia
           member:  bamboo_fern__Coniogramme_japonica  fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds
        member:  genus_Cryptogramma__Cryptogramma  sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae
           member:  rock_brake  dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns
           member:  American_rock_brake__American_parsley_fern__Cryptogramma_acrostichoides  rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
        member:  genus_Doryopteris__Doryopteris  small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae
           member:  hand_fern__Doryopteris_pedata  tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds
        member:  genus_Jamesonia__Jamesonia  xerophytic ferns of South America
        member:  genus_Onychium__Onychium  small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: claw ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae
        member:  genus_Pellaea__Pellaea  genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
           member:  cliff_brake__cliffbrake__rock_brake  any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
           member:  coffee_fern__Pellaea_andromedifolia  evergreen fern of California and Baja California
           member:  button_fern__Pellaea_rotundifolia  fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
        member:  genus_Pityrogramma__Pityrogramma  terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
           member:  Pityrogramma_argentea__silver_fern  fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides
           member:  silver_fern__Pityrogramma_calomelanos  tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides
           member:  golden_fern__Pityrogramma_calomelanos_aureoflava  tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides
           member:  gold_fern__Pityrogramma_chrysophylla  fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
        member:  genus_Pteris__Pteris  large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
           member:  brake.fern  any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
           member:  Pteris_cretica  cultivated in many varieties as houseplants
           member:  spider_brake__spider_fern__Pteris_multifida  Asiatic fern introduced in America
           member:  ribbon_fern__spider_fern__Pteris_serrulata  fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands
  member:  family_Adiantaceae__Adiantaceae  used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
  member:  family_Cyatheaceae__Cyatheaceae  tropical tree ferns
     member:  genus_Cyathea__Cyathea  type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands
        member:  silver_tree_fern__sago_fern__black_tree_fern__Cyathea_medullaris  showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia area having a crown of much-pinnated fronds with whitish undersides
  member:  family_Davalliaceae__Davalliaceae  one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
     member:  genus_Davallia  Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae
        member:  davallia  any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes
        member:  hare's-foot_fern  either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft gray hairy rootstock
        member:  Canary_Island_hare's_foot_fern__Davallia_canariensis  fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira
        member:  Australian_hare's_foot__Davallia_pyxidata  a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia
        member:  squirrel's-foot_fern__ball_fern__Davalia_bullata__Davalia_bullata_mariesii__Davallia_Mariesii  feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
  member:  family_Dennstaedtiaceae__Dennstaedtiaceae  one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
     member:  genus_Dennstaedtia__Dennstaedtia  chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
        member:  hay-scented_fern__hayscentedfern__hay-scented__hayscented__scented_fern__scentedfern__boulderfern__Dennstaedtia_punctilobula  fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
     member:  genus_Pteridium__Pteridium  a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
        member:  pasture_brake__pasturebrake__bracken__brake__Pteridium_aquilinum  large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
        member:  bracken__Pteridium_esculentum  fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
  member:  family_Dryopteridaceae__Dryopteridaceae__Athyriaceae__family_Athyriaceae  alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
     member:  shield_fern__buckler_fern__bucklerfern  any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
     member:  genus_Dryopteris__Dryopteris  large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
        member:  broad_buckler-fern__broadbucklerfern__Dryopteris_dilatata  European shield fern
        member:  wood_fern__wood-fern  any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
     member:  genus_Athyrium__Athyrium  temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium
        member:  lady_fern__Athyrium_filix-femina  most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
        member:  glade_fern__gladefern__silvery_spleenwort__silveryspleenwort__narrow-leaved_spleenwort__Athyrium_pycnocarpon__Diplazium_pycnocarpon  North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
     member:  genus_Cyrtomium__Cyrtomium  small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
     member:  genus_Cystopteris__Cystopteris  chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
        member:  bladder_fern__bladderfern  any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori
     member:  genus_Deparia__Deparia  classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera
        member:  silvery_spleenwort__silveryspleenwort__Deparia_acrostichoides__Athyrium_thelypteroides  fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores
     member:  genus_Diacalpa__Diacalpa  one species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas
     member:  genus_Gymnocarpium__Gymnocarpium  oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris
        member:  oak_fern__oakfern__Gymnocarpium_dryopteris__Thelypteris_dryopteris  bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
     member:  genus_Lastreopsis__Lastreopsis  tropical terrestrial shield ferns
     member:  genus_Matteuccia__Matteuccia__Pteretis__genus_Pteretis  small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
        member:  ostrich_fern__ostrichfern__shuttlecock_fern__shuttlecockfern__fiddlehead__Matteuccia_struthiopteris__Pteretis_struthiopteris__Onoclea_struthiopteris  tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
     member:  genus_Olfersia__Olfersia  genus of fern having only one species
     member:  genus_Onoclea__Onoclea  1 species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
        member:  sensitive_fern__sensitivefern__bead_fern__Onoclea_sensibilis  beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
     member:  genus_Polybotrya__Polybotrya__Polybotria__genus_Polybotria  tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later
     member:  genus_Polystichum__Polystichum  small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
        member:  Christmas_fern__canker_brake__dagger_fern__evergreen_wood_fern__Polystichum_acrostichoides  North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
        member:  holly_fern__hollyfern  any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly
        member:  soft_shield_fern__Polystichum_setiferum  European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
     member:  genus_Rumohra__Rumohra  leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum
        member:  leatherleaf_fern__leatherleaffern__leather_fern__leatherfern__tendayfern__Rumohra_adiantiformis__Polystichum_adiantiformis  widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
     member:  genus_Tectaria__Tectaria  terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests
        member:  Tectaria_cicutaria__button_fern  Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
        member:  Indian_button_fern__Tectaria_macrodonta  fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils
     member:  genus_Woodsia  genus of small to medium-sized usually rock-inhabiting ferns of temperate and cold regions; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
        member:  woodsia  any fern of the genus Woodsia
  member:  family_Lomariopsidaceae__Lomariopsidaceae  small family of usually scandent ferns
     member:  genus_Bolbitis__Bolbitis  terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere
     member:  genus_Lomogramma__Lomogramma  large scandent ferns of southeastern Asia
  member:  family_Lophosoriaceae__Lophosoriaceae  very small family of tree ferns
     member:  genus_Lophosoria__Lophosoria  1 species: tree fern of Central and South America
  member:  family_Loxomataceae__Loxomataceae  very small family of New Zealand ferns
     member:  genus_Loxoma__Loxoma  1 species of terrestrial ferns of New Zealand
  member:  order_Marattiales__Marattiales  lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
     member:  family_Marattiaceae__Marattiaceae  constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
        member:  genus_Marattia__Marattia  type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
           member:  potato_fern__Marattia_salicina  large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people
        member:  genus_Angiopteris  1 species: tree fern
           member:  angiopteris__angiopteri__giant_fern__giantfern__Angiopteris_evecta  highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall
        member:  genus_Danaea__Danaea  fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America
  member:  family_Cryptogrammataceae__Cryptogrammataceae  one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
  member:  family_Thelypteridaceae__Thelypteridaceae  genera Thelypteris; Phegopteris; others
     member:  genus_Thelypteris__Thelypteris  marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae
        member:  marsh_fern__marshfern__thelypterispalustri__Dryopteris_thelypteris  fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
     member:  genus_Amauropelta__Amauropelta  epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia
     member:  genus_Christella  medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical forests of Old World to Americas
        member:  christella  any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds
     member:  genus_Cyclosorus__Cyclosorus  small genus of terrestrial ferns of tropical and subtropical southern hemisphere
     member:  genus_Macrothelypteris__Macrothelypteris  medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia to Polynesia and Australia; naturalized in Americas
     member:  genus_Meniscium__Meniscium  terrestrial ferns of tropical Americas
     member:  genus_Oreopteris__Oreopteris  3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris
        member:  mountain_fern__Oreopteris_limbosperma__Dryopteris_oreopteris  common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds
     member:  genus_Parathelypteris__Parathelypteris  terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America
        member:  New_York_fern__Parathelypteris_novae-boracensis__Dryopteris_noveboracensis  slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
        member:  Massachusetts_fern__Parathelypteris_simulata__Thelypteris_simulata  delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris
     member:  genus_Phegopteris__Phegopteris  beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris
        member:  beech_fern__beechfern  any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds

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