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Catskill Native Nursery
One of the commonest ferns throughout the Catskills, Marginal Wood Fern, Dryopteris marginalis, has a classic fern shape. This evergreen fern is one of our favorites for the woodland garden.
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Ferns
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Updated March 2007
Species
Common Name
Catskill Native?
Distribution
Available?
Adiantum pedatum
Maidenhair Fern
Yes
Nova Scotia to Minnesota south to Oklahoma and Georgia
Yes
Asplenium platyneuron
Ebony Spleenwort
Yes
Maine to Minnesota south to Arizona and Florida
Yes
Athyrium filix-femina
Lady Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Alaska south to California and Florida
Yes
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Dre’s Dagger’
Lady Fern
Cultivar
-
Yes
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Encourage’
Lady Fern
Cultivar
-
Yes
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Frizelliae’
Lady Fern
Cultivar
-
Yes
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady in Red’
Lady Fern
Cultivar
-
Yes
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Victoriae’
Lady Fern
Cultivar
-
Yes
Athyrium x ‘Branford Beauty’
-
Hybrid
-
Yes
Athyrium x ‘Branford Rambler’
-
Hybrid
-
Yes
Athyrium x ‘Ghost’
-
Hybrid
-
Yes
Blechnum spicant
Deer Fern
No
British Columbia and Alaska south to California
No
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Hay-scented Fern
Yes
Nova Scotia to Wisconsin south to Arkansas and Georgia
Yes
Diplazium pycnocarpon
Glade Fern
Yes
Quebec to Minnesota south to Louisiana and Florida
Yes
Dryopteris celsa
Log Fern
No
New York to Michigan to Missouri south to Texas and Florida
Yes
Dryopteris carthusiana
Spinulose Wood Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Yukon Territory south to Oregon and Georgia
Yes
Dryopteris clintoniana
Clinton's Wood Fern
Yes
New Brunswick to Wisconsin south to Illinois and Maryland
Yes
Dryopteris cristata
Crested Wood Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to British Columbia south to Alabama and Georgia
Yes
Dryopteris filix-mas
Male Fern
No
Newfoundlan to British Columbia south to California and Texas
No
Dryopteris goldiana
Goldie's Fern
Yes
New Brunswick to Minnesota south to Arkansa and Georgia
Yes
Dryopteris marginalis
Marginal Wood Fern
Yes
Nova Scotia to Minnesota south to Oklahoma and Georgia
Yes
Dryopteris x australis
Dixie Fern
No
Maryland to Arkansas south to Louisiana and Georgia
Yes
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Oak Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Alaska south to Oregon, New Mexico and Maryland
No
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Ostrich Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Alaska south to South Dakota, Missouri and Virgina
Yes
Onoclea sensibilis
Sensitive Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Manitoba south to Texas and Florida
Yes
Osmunda cinnamomea
Cinnamon Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Minnesota south to New Mexico and Florida
Yes
Osmunda claytoniana
Interrupted Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Manitoba south to Mississippi and Georgia
Yes
Osmunda regalis
Royal Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Manitoba south to Texas and Florida
Yes
Phegopteris connectilis
Northern Beech Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to British Columbia south to Oregon and Tennessee
Yes
Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas Fern
Yes
Nova Scotia to Minnesota south to Texas and Florida
Yes
Polystichum braunii
Braun's Holly Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Alaska south to Idaho and New Jersey
Yes
Polystichum munitum
Western Sword Fern
No
Montana to Alaska south to California
Yes
Polypodium virginianum
Rock Polypody
Yes
Newfoundland to Northwest Territory s to Arkansas and Georgia
No
Thelypteris palustris
Marsh Fern
Yes
Newfoundland to Saskatchewan south to Texas and Florida
Yes
Thelypteris simulata
Massachusetts Fern
Yes
Nova Scotia to Wisconsin south to North Carolina
Yes
Woodsia obtusa
Bluntlobe Cliff Fern
Yes
Maine to Minnesota south to
Texas and Florida
No
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