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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Polypodiales
  6. Eupolypods II
  7. Ladyferns and Allies

family

Ladyferns and Allies

Athyriaceae

Includes
7 native 3 introduced 7 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Lady Ferns 6 native
  • Silvery Glade Fern 1 native
  • Twin-Sorus Fern
  • Anisocampium

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native ladyferns and allies All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina caterpillars 2 food 4 shelter 1
  • Silvery Glade Fern Deparia acrostichoides caterpillars 1
  • Northern Lady Fern Athyrium angustum
  • Southern Lady Fern Athyrium asplenioides
  • American Alpine Lady Fern Athyrium americanum
  • ‘Ākōlea Athyrium microphyllum
  • Hō‘i‘o Diplazium sandwichianum
  • Deparia marginalis
  • Japanese Lady Fern Deparia prolifera
  • Western Lady Fern Athyrium cyclosorum
  • Deparia fenzliana
  • Molokai Twinsorus Fern Diplazium molokaiense
  • Deparia cataracticola

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