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 | |
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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 | |
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Krauss's clubmoss | Selaginella kraussiana | Introduced | |
Lesser clubmoss | Selaginella selaginoides | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status | |
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Spring quillwort | Isoetes echinospora | Native | |
Land quillwort | Isoetes histrix | Native | |
Quillwort | Isoetes lacustris | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Maidenhair fern | Adiantum capillus-veneris | Native | |
Parsley fern | Cryptogramma crispa | Native | |
Ribbon fern | Pteris cretica | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status | |
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Tunbridge filmy-fern | Hymenophyllum tunbrigense | Native | |
Wilson's filmy-fern | Hymenophyllum wilsonii | Native | |
Killarney fern | Vandenboschia speciosa | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Southern polypody | Polypodium cambricum | Native |
Intermediate polypody | Polypodium interjectum | Native |
Polypody | Polypodium vulgare | Native |
Kangaroo fern | Zealandia pustulata | Introduced |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
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Beech fern | Phegopteris connectilis | Native |
Lemon-scented fern | Thelypteris limbosperma | Native |
Marsh fern | Thelypteris palustris | Native |
English name | Scientific name | Status |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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Chilean hard-fern | Parablechnum cordatum | Introduced |
Hard-fern | Struthiopteris spicant | Native |