List of ferns of Georgia (U.S. state) facts for kids
This is a list of ferns and other pteridophytes native to the U.S state of Georgia.
Family | Scientific name | Common names | Range within Georgia | Conservation status |
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Aspleniaceae | Asplenium montanum | Mountain spleenwort | Mountains | G5 - secure |
Aspleniaceae | Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony spleenwort | State-wide except southeastern Coastal Plain | G5 - secure |
Aspleniaceae | Asplenium resiliens | Black-stemmed spleenwort | Coastal Plain and in limestone valleys of northwest Georgia | G5 - secure |
Aspleniaceae | Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair spleenwort | Piedmont and mountains | G5 - secure |
Azollaceae | Azolla caroliniana | Carolina mosquitofern | Native with invasive potential; not recommended for culture. A blue-green algae useful for rice culture grows between its leaves. | G5 - secure |
Blechnaceae | Woodwardia areolata | Netted chain fern | State-wide | G5 - secure |
Blechnaceae | Woodwardia virginica | Virginia chain fern | Common in Coastal Plain, sporadically above the fall line | G5 - secure |
Dennstaedtiaceae | Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Eastern hay-scented fern | Common in north Georgia mountains, south to metro Atlanta area | G5 - secure |
Dennstaedtiaceae | Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken fern | Widespread, but invasive and poisonous, not recommended for culture | G5 - secure |
Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris celsa | Log fern | Northwestern Georgia | G4 - apparently secure |
Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris cristata | Crested wood fern | Fulton county | G5 - secure |
Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris goldieana | Goldie's wood fern, Giant wood fern | Northeastern mountain counties | G4 - apparently secure |
Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris intermedia | Evergreen wood fern, Fancy fern | North Georgia | G5 - secure |
Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris ludoviciana | Southern wood fern | South of the fall line, mainly in southwestern counties | G4 - apparently secure |
Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal woodfern | North Georgia | G5 - secure |
Dryopteridaceae | Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas fern | Common state-wide except the pine flatwoods of southeast Georgia | G5 - secure |
Dryopteridaceae | Physematium obtusum | Common Woodsia, Blunt-lobed woodsia, Cliff fern | State-wide, especially northern Georgia | G5 - secure |
Lygodiaceae | Lygodium palmatum | Climbing fern, Hartford fern | Limited populations in the northern part of the state | G4 - apparently secure |
Onocleaceae | Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive fern | State-wide, but less frequent in southeastern Coastal Plain | G5 - secure |
Ophioglossaceae | Botrypus virginianus | Rattlesnake fern | Northern Georgia, sporadically in southweastern and south central Georgia | G5 - secure |
Ophioglossaceae | Sceptridium biternatum | Southern grapefern | Moist forests, clearings, and old fields | G5 - secure |
Ophioglossaceae | Sceptridium jenmanii | Alabama grapefern | Moist and dry forests, and disturbed areas | G3 - vulnerable |
Ophioglossaceae | Sceptridium dissectum | Cut-leaf grapefern | Moist forests, clearings, and old fields | G5 - secure |
Ophioglossaceae | Sceptridium lunarioides | Winter grapefern | Northern Georgia in old fields, pastures, and young forests | G4 - apparently secure |
Ophioglossum | Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon fern | State-wide | G5 - secure |
Ophioglossum | Osmunda claytoniana | Interrupted fern | Northern Georgia | G5 - secure |
Ophioglossum | Osmunda regalis | Royal fern | State-wide | G5 - secure |
Polypodiaceae | Pleopeltis polypodioides | Resurrection fern | State-wide | G5 - secure |
Polypodiaceae | Polypodium virginianum | Common rockcap fern, Rock polypody | Northern Georgia | G5 - secure |
Pteridaceae | Adiantum capillus-veneris | Southern maidenhair fern, Venus hair fern | Southwestern counties and a few Piedmont counties | G5 - secure |
Pteridaceae | Adiantum pedatum | Northern maidenhair fern, Five-finger fern | Mountain and southern Piedmont counties | G5 - secure |
Pteridaceae | Cheilanthes lanosa | Hairy lip-fern | Common from the granite region in the Piedmont north to the mountains | G5 - secure |
Pteridaceae | Cheilanthes tomentosa | Woolly lip-fern | Northern counties on rocky, exposed sites | G5 - secure |
Pteridaceae | Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple cliff-brake fern | Mainly in Ridge and Valley counties | G5 - secure |
Thelypteridaceae | Phegopteris hexagonoptera | Broad beech fern | Common in northern Georgia, sometimes in southwestern Georgia | G5 - secure |
Thelypteridaceae | Thelypteris kunthii | Southern maiden fern | Common in southern Georgia | G5 - secure |
Thelypteridaceae | Thelypteris noveboracensis | New York fern | Common in northwestern Georgia | G5 - secure |
Thelypteridaceae | Thelypteris ovata | Ovate maiden fern | Coastal Plain | G4 - apparently secure |
Thelypteridaceae | Thelypteris palustris | Marsh fern | State-wide, in bogs and marshes | G5 - secure |
Woodsiaceae | Athyrium asplenioides | Southern lady fern | State-wide, except pine flatwoods of southwest Georgia | Unknown |
Woodsiaceae | Cystopteris bulbifera | Bulblet bladder fern | Restricted to a few mountainous sites in the northwest corner of the state | G5 - secure |
Woodsiaceae | Cystopteris protrusa | Woodland fragile fern | Northern counties | G5 - secure |
Woodsiaceae | Deparia acrostichoides | Silvery spleenwort | Northern counties | G5 - secure |
Woodsiaceae | Diplazium pycnocarpon | Glade Fern | A few northern counties | G5 - secure |
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