This page's list covers the ferns and allies ( Lycopodiopsida, Equisetopsida and Pteridopsida) found in Great Britain and Ireland. For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland.
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Alpine clubmoss | Diphasiastrum alpinum | Native |
Issler's clubmoss | Diphasiastrum × issleri | Native |
Fir clubmoss | Huperzia selago | Native |
Stag's-horn clubmoss | Lycopodium clavatum | Native |
Marsh clubmoss | Lycopodiella inundata | Native |
Interrupted clubmoss | Spinulum annotinum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Krauss's clubmoss | Selaginella kraussiana | Introduced |
Lesser clubmoss | Selaginella selaginoides | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Spring quillwort | Isoetes echinospora | Native |
Land quillwort | Isoetes histrix | Native |
Quillwort | Isoetes lacustris | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Field horsetail | Equisetum arvense | Native |
Water horsetail | Equisetum fluviatile | Native |
Rough horsetail | Equisetum hyemale | Native |
Marsh horsetail | Equisetum palustre | Native |
Shady horsetail | Equisetum pratense | Native |
Branched horsetail | Equisetum ramosissimum | Introduced |
Wood horsetail | Equisetum sylvaticum | Native |
Great horsetail | Equisetum telmateia | Native |
Variegated horsetail | Equisetum variegatum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Moonwort | Botrychium lunaria | Native |
Small adder's-tongue | Ophioglossum azoricum | Native |
Least adder's-tongue | Ophioglossum lusitanicum | Native |
Southern adder's-tongue | Ophioglossum vulgatum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Royal fern | Osmunda regalis | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Maidenhair fern | Adiantum capillus-veneris | Native |
Parsley fern | Cryptogramma crispa | Native |
Ribbon fern | Pteris cretica | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Tunbridge filmy-fern | Hymenophyllum tunbrigense | Native |
Wilson's filmy-fern | Hymenophyllum wilsonii | Native |
Killarney fern | Vandenboschia speciosa | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Southern polypody | Polypodium cambricum | Native |
Intermediate polypody | Polypodium interjectum | Native |
Polypody | Polypodium vulgare | Native |
Kangaroo fern | Zealandia pustulata | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Bracken | Pteridium aquilinum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Beech fern | Phegopteris connectilis | Native |
Lemon-scented fern | Thelypteris limbosperma | Native |
Marsh fern | Thelypteris palustris | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Black spleenwort | Asplenium adiantum-nigrum | Native |
Rustyback | Asplenium ceterach | Native |
Sea spleenwort | Asplenium marinum | Native |
Lanceolate spleenwort | Asplenium obovatum | Native |
Irish spleenwort | Asplenium onopteris | Native |
Wall-rue | Asplenium ruta-muraria | Native |
Hart's-tongue | Asplenium scolopendrium | Native |
Forked spleenwort | Asplenium septentrionale | Native |
Maidenhair spleenwort | Asplenium trichomanes | Native |
Green spleenwort | Asplenium viride | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Alpine lady-fern | Athyrium distentifolium | Native |
Lady-fern | Athyrium filix-femina | Native |
Newman's lady-fern | Athyrium flexile | Native |
Dickie's bladder-fern | Cystopteris dickieana | Native |
Brittle bladder-fern | Cystopteris fragilis | Native |
Mountain bladder-fern | Cystopteris montana | Native |
Oak fern | Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Native |
Limestone fern | Gymnocarpium robertianum | Native |
Ostrich fern | Matteuccia struthiopteris | Introduced |
Sensitive fern | Onoclea sensibilis | Introduced |
Alpine woodsia | Woodsia alpina | Native |
Oblong woodsia | Woodsia ilvensis | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
House holly-fern | Cyrtomium falcatum | Introduced |
Hay-scented buckler-fern | Dryopteris aemula | Native |
Scaly male-fern | Dryopteris affinis | Native |
Narrow buckler-fern | Dryopteris carthusiana | Native |
Crested buckler-fern | Dryopteris cristata | Native |
Broad buckler-fern | Dryopteris dilatata | Native |
Northern buckler-fern | Dryopteris expansa | Native |
Male-fern | Dryopteris filix-mas | Native |
Rigid buckler-fern | Dryopteris mindshelkensis | Native |
Mountain male-fern | Dryopteris oreades | Native |
Scaly buckler-fern | Dryopteris remota | Extinct |
Hard shield fern | Polystichum aculeatum | Native |
Holly fern | Polystichum lonchitis | Native |
Soft shield fern | Polystichum setiferum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Pillwort | Pilularia globulifera | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Water fern | Azolla filiculoides | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Australian tree-fern | Dicksonia antarctica | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Chilean hard-fern | Parablechnum cordatum | Introduced |
Hard-fern | Struthiopteris spicant | Native |
This page's list covers the ferns and allies ( Lycopodiopsida, Equisetopsida and Pteridopsida) found in Great Britain and Ireland. For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland.
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Alpine clubmoss | Diphasiastrum alpinum | Native |
Issler's clubmoss | Diphasiastrum × issleri | Native |
Fir clubmoss | Huperzia selago | Native |
Stag's-horn clubmoss | Lycopodium clavatum | Native |
Marsh clubmoss | Lycopodiella inundata | Native |
Interrupted clubmoss | Spinulum annotinum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Krauss's clubmoss | Selaginella kraussiana | Introduced |
Lesser clubmoss | Selaginella selaginoides | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Spring quillwort | Isoetes echinospora | Native |
Land quillwort | Isoetes histrix | Native |
Quillwort | Isoetes lacustris | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Field horsetail | Equisetum arvense | Native |
Water horsetail | Equisetum fluviatile | Native |
Rough horsetail | Equisetum hyemale | Native |
Marsh horsetail | Equisetum palustre | Native |
Shady horsetail | Equisetum pratense | Native |
Branched horsetail | Equisetum ramosissimum | Introduced |
Wood horsetail | Equisetum sylvaticum | Native |
Great horsetail | Equisetum telmateia | Native |
Variegated horsetail | Equisetum variegatum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Moonwort | Botrychium lunaria | Native |
Small adder's-tongue | Ophioglossum azoricum | Native |
Least adder's-tongue | Ophioglossum lusitanicum | Native |
Southern adder's-tongue | Ophioglossum vulgatum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Royal fern | Osmunda regalis | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Maidenhair fern | Adiantum capillus-veneris | Native |
Parsley fern | Cryptogramma crispa | Native |
Ribbon fern | Pteris cretica | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Tunbridge filmy-fern | Hymenophyllum tunbrigense | Native |
Wilson's filmy-fern | Hymenophyllum wilsonii | Native |
Killarney fern | Vandenboschia speciosa | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Southern polypody | Polypodium cambricum | Native |
Intermediate polypody | Polypodium interjectum | Native |
Polypody | Polypodium vulgare | Native |
Kangaroo fern | Zealandia pustulata | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Bracken | Pteridium aquilinum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Beech fern | Phegopteris connectilis | Native |
Lemon-scented fern | Thelypteris limbosperma | Native |
Marsh fern | Thelypteris palustris | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Black spleenwort | Asplenium adiantum-nigrum | Native |
Rustyback | Asplenium ceterach | Native |
Sea spleenwort | Asplenium marinum | Native |
Lanceolate spleenwort | Asplenium obovatum | Native |
Irish spleenwort | Asplenium onopteris | Native |
Wall-rue | Asplenium ruta-muraria | Native |
Hart's-tongue | Asplenium scolopendrium | Native |
Forked spleenwort | Asplenium septentrionale | Native |
Maidenhair spleenwort | Asplenium trichomanes | Native |
Green spleenwort | Asplenium viride | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Alpine lady-fern | Athyrium distentifolium | Native |
Lady-fern | Athyrium filix-femina | Native |
Newman's lady-fern | Athyrium flexile | Native |
Dickie's bladder-fern | Cystopteris dickieana | Native |
Brittle bladder-fern | Cystopteris fragilis | Native |
Mountain bladder-fern | Cystopteris montana | Native |
Oak fern | Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Native |
Limestone fern | Gymnocarpium robertianum | Native |
Ostrich fern | Matteuccia struthiopteris | Introduced |
Sensitive fern | Onoclea sensibilis | Introduced |
Alpine woodsia | Woodsia alpina | Native |
Oblong woodsia | Woodsia ilvensis | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
House holly-fern | Cyrtomium falcatum | Introduced |
Hay-scented buckler-fern | Dryopteris aemula | Native |
Scaly male-fern | Dryopteris affinis | Native |
Narrow buckler-fern | Dryopteris carthusiana | Native |
Crested buckler-fern | Dryopteris cristata | Native |
Broad buckler-fern | Dryopteris dilatata | Native |
Northern buckler-fern | Dryopteris expansa | Native |
Male-fern | Dryopteris filix-mas | Native |
Rigid buckler-fern | Dryopteris mindshelkensis | Native |
Mountain male-fern | Dryopteris oreades | Native |
Scaly buckler-fern | Dryopteris remota | Extinct |
Hard shield fern | Polystichum aculeatum | Native |
Holly fern | Polystichum lonchitis | Native |
Soft shield fern | Polystichum setiferum | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Pillwort | Pilularia globulifera | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Water fern | Azolla filiculoides | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Australian tree-fern | Dicksonia antarctica | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
---|---|---|
Chilean hard-fern | Parablechnum cordatum | Introduced |
Hard-fern | Struthiopteris spicant | Native |