Top native Polypodiales
18 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
caterpillars
4
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Male Fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
caterpillars
3
food
4
shelter
1
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Intermediate Wood Fern
Dryopteris intermedia
caterpillars
3
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Hay-scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
caterpillars
3
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Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
3
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Virginia Chain Fern
Woodwardia virginica
caterpillars
2
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Black Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
caterpillars
1
food
5
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Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
caterpillars
1
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Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
caterpillars
1
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Walking Fern
Asplenium rhizophyllum
caterpillars
1
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Southern Wood Fern
Dryopteris ludoviciana
caterpillars
1
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Braun's Holly Fern
Polystichum braunii
food
4
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Bulblet Fern
Cystopteris bulbifera
flowers
1
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Rock Polypody
Polypodium virginianum
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Broad Beech Fern
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
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Narrow-leaved Glade Fern
Homalosorus pycnocarpos
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Broad Sword Fern
Nephrolepis biserrata
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Wallich's Wood Fern
Dryopteris wallichiana