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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Polypodiales
  6. Ladyferns and Allies
  7. Lady Ferns

genus

Lady Ferns

Athyrium

Traits
Includes
6 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Athyrium Sect. Athyrium 4 native
  • Otophora 1 native
  • Japanese Painted Fern introduced
  • American Alpine Lady Fern native
  • Alpine Lady-fern
  • Ghost Painted Fern introduced
  • Athyrium mengtzeense
  • Athyrium Sect. Mackinnoniana
  • Spinulosa

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Fern Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native lady ferns 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
  • Northern Lady Fern Athyrium angustum
  • Southern Lady Fern Athyrium asplenioides
  • American Alpine Lady Fern Athyrium americanum
  • ‘Ākōlea Athyrium microphyllum
  • Western Lady Fern Athyrium cyclosorum

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