Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes)

The list is arranged alphabetically by genus. Nomenclature follows Stace (2010). The comment `Le Grice-Jury’ refers to a record taken from the flora of Whiteknights campus written by David Le Grice and Stephen Jury.

Family Species or subspecies Common Name Last reported Notes
Aspleniaceae Asplenium scolopendrium L. Hart’s tongue fern 30/08/2014
Athyriaceae Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth Lady Fern 29/08/2014
Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris borreri (Newm.) Newm. ex Oberh. & Tavel Borrer’s scaly male-fern Le Grice-Jury
Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris cambrensis (Fras.-Jenk.) Beitel & W. Buck subsp. cambrensis Narrow scaly male-fern 01/06/2015 Bridge over the grotto swamp
Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A.Gray Broad Buckler-fern  2015
Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott Male-fern  2015
Equisetaceae Equisetum arvense L. Field Horsetail  2015
Equisetaceae Equisetum palustre L. Marsh Horsetail Le Grice-Jury
Ophioglossaceae Ophioglossum vulgatum L. Adder’s Tongue Le Grice-Jury
Dryopteridaceae Polystichum aculeatum L. Roth Hard Shield Fern  2015
Dryopteridaceae Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) Woynar Soft Shield Fern  2015
Polypodiaceae Polypodium vulgare L. s.s. Common Polypody  2015

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