Top native Pteridineae
79 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Black Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
caterpillars
1
food
5
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Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
caterpillars
1
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Giant Leather Fern
Acrostichum danaeifolium
caterpillars
1
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Bahama Brake
Pteris bahamensis
caterpillars
1
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Fan Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum tenerum
caterpillars
1
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Golden Leather Fern
Acrostichum aureum
caterpillars
1
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Fragrant Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum melanoleucum
caterpillars
1
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Purple-stem Cliffbrake
Pellaea atropurpurea
flowers
1
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Goldback Fern
Pentagramma triangularis
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Western Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum aleuticum
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Coffee Fern
Pellaea andromedifolia
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California Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum jordanii
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Bird's Foot Cliffbrake
Pellaea mucronata
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American Parsley Fern
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
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Serpentine Fern
Aspidotis densa
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Shoestring Fern
Vittaria lineata
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Lace Lip Fern
Myriopteris gracillima
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Coville's Lip Fern
Myriopteris covillei
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Parry's Lip Fern
Myriopteris parryi
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Alabama Lipfern
Myriopteris alabamensis
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Lindheimer's Lipfern
Myriopteris lindheimeri
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Spiny Cliff-brake
Pellaea truncata
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Smooth Cliffbrake
Pellaea glabella
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Hairy Lip Fern
Myriopteris lanosa
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Fee's Lip Fern
Myriopteris gracilis
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Scaly Cloak-fern
Astrolepis cochisensis
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Bridges' Cliffbrake
Pellaea bridgesii
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Woolly Lipfern
Myriopteris tomentosa
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Newberry's Lip Fern
Myriopteris newberryi
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California Lacefern
Aspidotis californica
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Wright's Cliffbrake
Pellaea wrightiana
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Eaton's Lipfern
Myriopteris rufa
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Rough Lipfern
Myriopteris scabra
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Cleveland's Lipfern
Myriopteris clevelandii
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Brewer's Cliffbrake
Pellaea breweri
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Hybrid Cloakfern
Astrolepis integerrima
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Sticky Goldback Fern
Pentagramma viscosa
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Cascade Parsley Fern
Cryptogramma cascadensis
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Golden Lipfern
Myriopteris aurea
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Powdery Cloakfern
Argyrochosma dealbata
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California Cloak-fern
Notholaena californica
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Steller's Rock-brake
Cryptogramma stelleri
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Coastal Lip Fern
Myriopteris intertexta
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Sierra Cliffbrake
Pellaea brachyptera
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Small-leaf False Cloak Fern
Argyrochosma microphylla
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Wright's Lipfern
Myriopteris wrightii
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Shasta Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum shastense
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Appalachian Shoestring Fern
Vittaria appalachiana
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trans-Pecos Cliffbrake
Pellaea ternifolia
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Viscid Lip Fern
Myriopteris viscida