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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Polypodiales
  6. Brake Family
  7. Pteridoideae

subfamily

Pteridoideae

Pteridoideae

Includes
4 native 10 introduced 6 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Brakes 3 native
  • Silverback and Goldback Ferns 1 native
  • Anogramma
  • Cerosora
  • Jamesonia
  • Gastoniella
  • Onychium
  • Actiniopteris

Range

United States

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

Top native Pteridoideae All

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

  • Bahama Brake Pteris bahamensis caterpillars 1
  • Goldenrod Fern Pityrogramma trifoliata
  • Iwa Pteris terminalis
  • Pteris hillebrandii
  • Pteris irregularis
  • Pteris lydgatei

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