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