family
Potato Fern Family
Marattiaceae
Field notes
Marattiaceae is the only family of extant (living) ferns in the order Marattiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Marattiales is the only order in the subclass Marattiidae. The family has six genera and about 110 species. Many are different in appearance from other ferns, having large fronds and fleshy rootstocks.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native potato fern family members All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
